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I recognize your concerns on this matter, however, the history of revolutions show that they're far more effective when all opposition groups unite.

All opposition against the Islamic Republic must unite under one banner to be able to effectively battle the regime. The regime has it's supporters, some 15% are fiercly loyal and will gives their lives in a second to defend the regime. They also have supporters in Europe, Russia, China, and even in the United States so in order to psychologically, and politically battle the regime and their supporters --opposition must be united.

Don't worry- "Leftists", don't have a chance of taking over Iran's government in free and fair elections. A Leftist organization is the MKO, or MEK, and they have very minimal support inside the country. Of course, there is always the possibility of them taking over with brutal force, but i think our government is more prepared to take on that possibility and won't allow it to happen.

But you bring up a good point in that we have to be careful that what happened in 1979 doesn't happen again. The majority of the people demonstrating against the Shah were Social Democrats, Nationalists, and some Leftists, strangely enough because of promises of free and fair elections and democracy they all united under Khomeini.

After taking over Khoemini's followers killed off thousands upon thousands of the people that supported his calls for democracy, whereby he installed the Theocratic Dictatorship we see in Iran today.

If only one could say that the MEK/MKO were indicative of the entire support of the Iranian left, isolated, without the backing of the people, and completely looney.

Unfortunatley, that is not the case.

The TRP is not involved out of the goodness of their hearts. They aren't just voicing some support because they give a damn about the people of Iran. They are doing so because they believe it advances their strategic and political interests. They obviously feel that they will be well positioned when the revolution comes.

The cavalier attitude being shown to me regarding their influence is not comforting.

And yes, you are correct that the history of revolutions shows that they most often succeed at toppling the regime when all opposition groups unite. But the history of revolutions also shows that more times than not, the people do not end up in any better of a situation, and the history of revolutions in modern times shows that quite often, it is because the far left grabs power.