As we speak, Iran and its people live in danger from day to day. That Iran has been governed by the ayatollahs in harsh manner is not to be denied, indeed is condemned. What Iran needs now is a democratic opening, inaugurated by the ayatollahs, that will go into a consolidation of the revolution brought about in 1979. In other words, Mossadegh’s revolution gave Iran back to its people. But the larger truth about the 1979 revolution must not be brushed aside.
