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Simmering Opposition in Iran
(Jerusalem Post) Sabina Amidi - Bitterness and anger are simmering just below the surface in Tehran. Ahmadinejad's plans to drastically cut subsidies on gasoline, electricity, milk, wheat and other basics can only fuel further widespread public dissatisfaction. "There is no unity among us [in the security forces], no trust and no respect," said a police officer in Mashad. "We are united only in that we get paid to protect the government." Among the regime's opponents it is stressed that they are not campaigning for defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi but, rather, against the regime for its ostensible betrayal of Islam.