(National Review) Michael Ledeen - Last Wednesday two leading members of the Iranian parliament, including an outspoken opponent of the regime, were killed when their automobile went off the road into a ravine north of Tehran. Ayatollah Taheri, the cleric who recently resigned as the religious leader of Isfahan, announced they had been executed by the regime. Well-informed Iranians believe the "accident" was an explicit warning to Iran's enfeebled president, Mohammad Khatami: If you dare challenge us further, you will end up the same way.
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