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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050713-085129-5375r.htm
Iran's New Dark Side
(Washington Times) Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi - Since the election in Iran of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under the banner of a renewed Islamic revolution, the clerical regime hanged six people and sentenced another to death in the past week alone. Far from being a "populist" son of a blacksmith who is hoisting the flag of class warfare against the "wretched rich and corrupt," Ahmadinejad's win can be attributed to his unquestioned loyalty to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the full support of the Islamic Republic Revolutionary Guards top brass. A former commander of the Qods (Jerusalem) Force in the Guard Corps - tasked with planning and execution of terrorist plots and assassination abroad - Ahmadinejad was catapulted to presidency by the ultra-conservative faction.