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Periscope.(international events)
IRAN
Reading the Fault Lines
By the end of last week, after a Dec. 26 earthquake in the mud-walled city of Bam had killed more than 30,000 people, Tehran was sounding prickly again. Although U.S. supplies and small relief teams had been allowed in immediately after the quake, the Iranian government rejected the sending of a high-level delegation headed by Sen. Elizabeth Dole. One top-level hard-liner accused Washington of exploiting the tragedy for political ends. The political loss, however, may be that of the ayatollahs.
Before the Bam tragedy, most political forecasters had predicted a poor turnout for Feb. 20 parliamentary elections. That ...
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