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Iran's Opposition After June 2008 Research Proposal

Thirdly, the opposition is considered to be responsible for the lack of communication with the current administration. Better said, it can be argued that the opposition tries to defy by every means the administration, failing however to put meaning to the allegations they make. In this sense, "unity cannot be achieved with violence and pressure, with incarcerations and long imprisonments, with insults and disrespect toward senior Shiite

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Secondly, there is the issue of unity inside the Iranian opposition. Thus, it has been argued that the forces of the opposition fail to consider unifying in a power coalition force that can determine the downfall of the regime. More precisely, the popular belief is that "The reality is that even the smallest united leadership that has been formed in a few instances in the last few months, not only has not been able to get the popular support, but even some of the components of these united fronts have lost some of their constituency because of their participation in these coalitions. If it was a little bit of such impact, one could expect it, and discount it as normal aberration, but it is more than just a bit to relate it to forming a united front with other forces" (Ghandichi, 2003).

Thirdly, the opposition is considered to be responsible for the lack of communication with the current administration. Better said, it can be argued that the opposition tries to defy by every means the administration, failing however to put meaning to the allegations they make. In this sense, "unity cannot be achieved with violence and pressure, with incarcerations and long imprisonments, with insults and disrespect toward senior Shiite leaders, with threats and intimidations, with shutting down newspapers and with banning the activity of political organizations." (Radio Zamaneh, 2010) at the same time however, the responses of the administration go on the same line, without offering a proper and policy oriented reply.

Finally the opposition is not strong because it has constantly reduced the influence on its supporters. Furthermore, it fails to reach out in a positive manner to all those that rallied in the 2008 and 2009 elections. This is largely due to the fact that the Green movement and the political elements it contains do not cater for the needs of the poor or the socially disadvantaged. They do focus on issues such as the religious
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