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The Iranian regime is in turmoil
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The Minister of Economy, a moderate, has been removed from office by parliament (the hardliners), the Vice President, also a moderate, is resigning in solidarity, and the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, soon to be 86 and in poor health, is weakening his iron fist. Things are not going well for the Iranian regime. Its external power is shattered, its internal power is tottering and its economy is in tatters.
Power struggles are nothing new in the 46-year-old mullah regime. It is very adept at presenting the façade of a closed fortress to the outside world. Time and again, waves of protest have been nipped in the bud. The Iranian people's capacity for suffering is astonishing.
But this perverse regime is slowly running out of steam. All the old national substance has been wasted and used up. The revolutionary leader Ali Khamenei, who has been in office for 36 years, can no longer deliver.
In last year's elections, he allowed moderate forces to emerge to repair the rusty regime. But the hardliners in the power structure do not want to budge an inch and are resisting even the smallest reforms.
The law of dictatorships is repeating itself: the more fragile the regime, the harder the innermost core. This must be isolated before anything changes.
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