A Khomeini (Grandson) Breaks With His Lineage to Back U.S....

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 5 — The grandson of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the strident Iranian cleric who built his Islamic revolution on a platform of attacking all things American, said today that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein would allow long-awaited freedoms to flourish throughout the region, and if they did not, United States intervention would be welcomed by most Iranians.

The grandson, Sayyid Hussein Khomeini, also suggested that any Iraqi Shiites calling for an Islamic theocracy here were misguided, probably financed by Iran and lacked the experience or understanding to know how badly the Iranian revolution had failed.

"Iranians insist on freedom, but they are not sure where it will come from," said Mr. Khomeini, 45, whose dark eyes together with the black turban that marks him as a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad evoke his famous forebear.

"If it comes from inside, they will welcome it, but if it was necessary for it to come from abroad, especially from the United States, people will accept it," Mr. Khomeini said. "I as an Iranian would accept it."

The extraordinary remarks came during an interview with a man whose grandfather consistently labeled the United States "the Great Satan," and who exploited the 444-day takeover of the American Embassy in Tehran starting in 1979 to cement clerical rule in Iran.

The subsequent hostile relations between the two countries led Washington to support Mr. Hussein in Iraq's grisly eight-year war against Iran under Ayatollah Khomeini. In recent months the Bush administration has accused the Islamic Republic of developing illegal weapons and has hinted that a change of government in Tehran would be welcome.

The young Mr. Khomeini apparently holds none of his grandfather's animosity toward the United States, correcting a reporter forming a question about the American occupation of Iraq to note that it should be called a "liberation."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/06/international/middleeast/06KHOM.html

Throughout Iran’s history, the breed of despicable charlatan Mullahs "Akhoond" has always been the tool of foreign powers and the root of backwardness of the country. Through them, the absolute plunder of the nation’s riches are assured and the ignorance of the masses are guaranteed.

Not surprising.
Iran's regime is vehemently hated by the Iranian people.

Iranians have been demanding separation of mosque and state and democracy for a while now, but people have been playing politics with Iran.

How long will it take for people to realize that

a) Iranians want secular democracy
and
b) Majority of Islamist movements are funded by foreign nations.