Amir Taheri: End of Discussion - In Iran, there is a growing consensus that it is time to...

Likely not, but consider also Revolutionary Types: Iran's is a peaceful uprising.

And I think it's a recent National Review that discusses the headaches and destabilization Falun Gong presents China's rulers -- with far less in the way of "active protest" than the Iranians have exhibited.

"Still many of the terms here somehow sound to me like they are Arabic and not Parsi."

I'll give you my take: Yes, they are Arabic & have Arabic root such as: "walayat faqih", "ummah", "fasl el-khitab".

Then again, "Parsi" became "Farsi" initially after Arab-Muslim invasion of Iran (7th century), as you may already know. I think it would be fair to say that even the ShahNameh (written circa late 10th/early 11th century, during the Iranian Samanid Dynasty) is only about 97% in Parsi of the pre-Islamic era. The other 3% or so is still influenced by Arabic.

The Persian language has evolved over time, and over many centuries. Modern Persian (Farsi) even includes words/expressions from French, Turkish, etc... but, mostly, Arabic roots.

In brief, the Khomeinist Rule is, essentially, a re-invented Arabic, Islamic Rule, re-introducing many Arabic-based words into what is known as "Parsi" (Persian language) - some words/expressions are actually "mullah/regime invented" words & expressions too, often, not in the recent non-mullah lexicon.

I think, FARS probably would know more about the linguistic nature?

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