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[piercehawkeye45]

Maybe. I've heard a lot of the people that support Ahmadinejad and the Islamic regime are the uneducated poor but I don't know the proportions and how much education has a play in that.

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Maybe. I've heard a lot of the people that support Ahmadinejad and the Islamic regime are the uneducated poor ...

It is believed Ahmadinejad is the choice of the clerics. Once American issues a threat - the axis of evil speech - any opposition to Ahmadinejad completely evaporated. The Iranian reform movement was strong and growing until 2001. Even the reform leaders such as Rafsanjani and Khatami backed away from reform and supported Ahmadinejad.

Meanwhile, don't assume Ahmadinejad is the power in Iran. Real power lies with the clerics - same as Cheney runs the George Jr administration. Ahmadinejad is only a front man. Any reform that would have removed power from the clerics and put power in the presidency completely died when Iran was threatened with unilateral invasion by another nation.