Thursday, August 15, 2002

THE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF WATING
VOA: "There was a lot of wishful thinking on their part that they could really talk and the conservatives, the theocratic government's proponents, would simply listen to them and change their ways, which was very naive," said Said Arjomand, professor of sociology at the State University of New York. "The reformers are still not organized effectively. They have not been able to exert any pressure on the regime, and slowly there has been this demoralization. The people are tired of waiting."
They are also lacking an effective leader, says Professor Arjomand. President Khatami has not lived up to expectations. He appears to be more suited to the classroom than to the rough and tumble of politics.



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