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In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks to the crowd in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader)


The Mullahs and the Ceausescu Syndrome

The Mullahs and the Ceausescu Syndrome

by | Feb 22, 2013 | Opinion

Ever since human societies developed systems of government the exercise of power has depended on two factors: persuasion and coercion. Persuasion is needed to encourage subjects or, in more modern societies, citizens, to do the things that government wants them to do....