Why is Iran still ruled by Islamic Fascists?

A friend of mine suggested I look up Ghazal Omid because of something he said on CNN. I did and this is what I found. An excellent piece on why with so much dissent in Iran it is still ruled by tyrants.

Hundreds of thousands of political prisoners and thousands of losses of life; why then has Iran not been liberated? Why the new blood of a recent political prisoner killed in Evin did not water the tree of freedom in Iran! In recent days, Akbar Mohamadi, 37, a former university student died in Evin prison, due to bodily injuries, after a nine day hunger strike. He has become a controversial subject among expatriate Iranian opposition. Iranians and non-Iranians alike mourn his death but, while his departure should have been the beacon of light all Iranians are waiting for, his heroic death was instead turned into a mockery of his brave act by the chauvinistic opposition who knew little about him when he was alive and has exploited his naivety for their own purposes.

The burning question of why Iran is not yet free, can perhaps answered here: Iranian’s future it is what we make of it. Until people understand that becoming an regime opponent is not just about having differences of opinion with the regime but requires working together toward a common goal of regime change, Iran will continue its regression to a medieval pariah, with nuclear capability, in the eyes of much of the civilized world. Quite frankly, maybe some Iranians both inside and outside Iran are not ready for change because they don’t portray themselves in the political game as willing to seize the opportunity to make the right move. If the so-called opposition were willing to put their own agenda and personal pride on the back burner and practice some of the slogans they shout at their meetings, we wouldn’t still be writing about the future of Iran nearly three decades after the Mullahs came to power.

It is the same old same old. The striving for power even in a so far unsuccessful political movement takes precedence over success.

Instapundit notes the same kind of factionalism in the Libertarian Party.

Ben Franklin put it well during the American Revolutiion. "We must all hang together or most certainly, we will all hang separately".

Update: 16 Aug '06 0232z

Franklin quote corrected by reader Karridine.