[Asharq Alawsat-UK] Amir Taheri - For 30 years, Khomeinist mobs have been burning the U.S. flag in public amid shouts of "Death to America!" These days, however, it is the Russian flag that is burned by protestors chanting "Down with Russia!" Angry Iranians regard Russia as a friend of a regime that has "stolen" a presidential election and is trying to crush the democracy movement. Russophobia has a long history in Iran.
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