Iran's hard-line Revolutionary Guards has issued a warning to reformers, saying they had exceeded all bounds in recent months by "openly supporting subversion on the streets"
Published:
21 July 2002 y., Sunday
AFP quotes a statement by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) high command saying that opponents of the Islamic state had infiltrated the regime and were hoping to take advantage of the country's economic woes to introduce a secular regime.
The statement said the IRGC would not stand by but would defend the revolution and the Islamic state.
Correspondents say in recent months the reformist administration of President Mohammad Khatami has run into mounting opposition from conservatives who still dominate the security forces and the Judiciary.
Šaltinis:
RFE/RL
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.
The most popular articles
Ukraine has no plans to set up transit camps to receive Chechen refugees, the State Committee for Nationalities and Migration has said
more »
Belarus, its leaders shunned by much of the Western world, has snapped back at moves by the European Union and United States to restrict the movements of its senior officials and threatened to respond in kind
more »
Russian cabinet approves Kyoto Protocol; gives agreement big boost
more »
The former Czech president, Vaclav Havel, and about 100 other international figures have signed a petition accusing President Vladimir Putin of Russia of using the Beslan hostage drama to undermine democracy
more »
Slovenia has withdrawn its support for Croatia’s EU membership bid following a border incident on Thursday
more »
Top Chinese leaders and visiting Armenian President Robert Kocharyan agreed Tuesday that the two sides should strengthen cooperation in economic, technological and other areas
more »
Ferenc Gyurcsany was formally nominated Monday as Hungary's next prime minister by President Ferenc Madl
more »
Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria in the EU by 2007: Poland's Kwasniewski
more »
Denying the Turks accession to the European Union would be "an injustice" since Turkey, as a key member of NATO, has helped ensure European security for the past 50 years
more »
The censors on state-run Belarusian television are banning appeals by opposition candidates for the 17 October parliamentary elections
more »