https://freerepublic.com/tag/rgetoric/ en-us Sat, 2 Nov 2002 04:01:05 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/780590/posts The rhetoric remains the same but Iran is trying to change (Filed: 02/11/2002) The revolutionary dynamo that stoked the zeal of the Muslim world would appear to have run down, reports Patrick Bishop in Teheran In the time of Ayatollah Khomeini Friday prayers at Teheran University were like a religious rock show where thousands flocked to hear the mullah's sermons. Fifteen years on the rhetoric remains the same but the congregation is greatly diminished. Last week the huge, open-sided shed on the campus was only half full as Ayatollah Mohammed Yazdi, a veteran preacher, denounced Zionists and Americans. Most of... The Telegraph (UK) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/780590/posts#comment Sat, 2 Nov 2002 04:01:05 GMT