General Strike Set in Iran In Bid To Topple Mullahs Date of July 9 Puts U.S. on the Spot REZA PAHLAVI: �THIS COULD BE A MAJOR TURNING POINT�
By ADAM DAIFALLAH Staff Reporter of the Sun
WASHINGTON � Mark the date: July 9. That�s when op-ponents of the Iranian regime have called a general strike that they hope will expand to topple the government there and bring freedom and democracy to the Iranian people.
The strike is being organized by profreedom student groups to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the last student uprising in Iran that saw thousands of students take to the streets against the Islamic Republic�s ruling mullahs.
The planned event � indeed, the Iranian freedom movement as a whole � could take on a new dimension now that Iran�s western neighbor, Iraq, is free from Saddam Hussein�s tyranny.
Policy experts have speculated that a liberated Iraq could embolden Iranian freedom fighters to rise up and mount a serious challenge to the ruling mullahs.
The July 9 strike is also putting Washington on the spot, as policymakers scramble to decide how the American government should respond.
By ADAM DAIFALLAH Staff Reporter of the Sun
WASHINGTON � Mark the date: July 9. That�s when op-ponents of the Iranian regime have called a general strike that they hope will expand to topple the government there and bring freedom and democracy to the Iranian people.
The strike is being organized by profreedom student groups to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the last student uprising in Iran that saw thousands of students take to the streets against the Islamic Republic�s ruling mullahs.
The planned event � indeed, the Iranian freedom movement as a whole � could take on a new dimension now that Iran�s western neighbor, Iraq, is free from Saddam Hussein�s tyranny.
Policy experts have speculated that a liberated Iraq could embolden Iranian freedom fighters to rise up and mount a serious challenge to the ruling mullahs.
The July 9 strike is also putting Washington on the spot, as policymakers scramble to decide how the American government should respond.
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