The several hundred thousand strong revolutionary guards units - "Pasdaran". A lot of them being very experienced war veterans from the long and bloody Iran-Iraq war.Fom China View:
White House declines to comment on alleged covert operations in Iran
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The White House declined on Monday to make comment on a news report that Congress approved late last year President George W. Bush's funding request of 400 million U.S. dollars to undermine Iran's leadership.
"I couldn't comment either way," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters after the New Yorker magazine reported Sunday that the Bush administration has beefed up its covert operations against Iran's leadership.
In response to a question if the United States would resort to military actions against Iran before Bush leaves the White House office in January 2009, Perino reiterated that Bush "is singularly focused on trying to solve this issue diplomatically."
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More News On Iran From Other Sources:
Analysis: Iran Harder Sell on Giving Up Nukes -- New York Sun
U.S. Is Said to Expand Covert Operations in Iran -- Washington Post
Iran to ready thousands of graves for enemy soldiers -- Breitbart
Bush steps up covert action against Iran -- The Independent
Iran Says It Is Digging 320,000 Graves For Invading Infidels -- Gateway Pundit
The Other Contest: Who Will Be Iran’s Next President? -- Newsweek
Oil Cash May Prove A Shaky Crutch for Iran's Ahmadinejad -- Washington Post
In Iran’s Holy City, Dissent Over Mixing Islam and Politics -- U.S. News And World Report
Opinion: Israel Vs. Iran -- Jeffrey T. Kuhner, Washington Times
My Comment: Iran is going down a slippery slope with everyone. Sunni Arabs, Israel, the U.S. and the Western World. China, Russia and India can also be added to this group. They are also in dispute with numerous ethnic groups in their own country. Their economy is kaput, with 85% of it dependent on the government. The intellectuals and elite of the country are also bailing out. It looks like the Iranian Revolution is finally sputtering out, and its pursuit of nuclear weapons is its last hurrah.