NY Post, Amir Taheri :

When it runs out of plausible excuses for its appeasement-plus policy on Iran, the Obama administration advances one argument as final line of defense: showing goodwill toward the Islamic Republic would help “moderates” secure a greater share of power in Tehran with the hope of an eventual change of behavior by the ruling mullahs.
 
Wishful thinking or not, a test of that theory is coming on Friday as the Islamic Republic holds elections for the Islamic Majlis, the 290-seat ersatz parliament, and the Assembly of Experts, a body of 88 mullahs supposed to keep an eye on the “Supreme Guide.”
 
But who are the “moderates” that Obama hopes to promote Tehran?

 

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