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To: LindyBill who wrote (35104)	7/28/2002 12:01:46 AM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 281500

Looks like the opposition that would possibly talk with us are all going to jail. That may not be a bad thing for us. It means that the opposition is getting strong enough that the mullahs are afraid, and that the mullahs are resorting to ham-handed repression in response. The leaders may be going to jail, but there are too many followers for the jails to hold, and jailing leaders is unlikely to stop the reform movement from growing. It may very well make it grow faster. I hate to sound cynical, but now all we need is for the mullahs to follow in the Shah's footsteps and have some demonstrators shot. I don't think that would work any better for them than it did for the Shah, and it may very well have a similar outcome. It will be much, much better for us to have internal political change in Iran than to think about military action.