So last week's huge protests in Iran saw many calling for an end to theocratic rule there. Protesters waved flags without the Islamic symbol on them and burned pictures of Ayatollah Khomenei. A video of this brave act has been shown on IRIB - state run TV.
The two prominent opposition figures, Mousavi and Karroubi, have denounced it and accused the state broadcaster, IRIB, of fabricating the desecration of Khomenei's image to discredit their supporters. They're afraid of a harsh crackdown - as if there hasn't already been one. These two reformists are part of the system. They are trying to change it as much as they can, which ain't much, from within while preserving it's Islamic nature. Good luck with that.
Many younger Iranians, and Iranian students, have no such allegiance to Khomenei, have no loyalty to the Islamic system and want the entire corrupt, fanatical, Islamic Republic overthrown. Good on them I say.
As noted in this piece, this growing segment of the population, this group of 'radical" protesters, who are really the liberals among them, are calling "Islamic democracy" an oxymoron.
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