Dear Darius

Using that logic it earnt it a long time ago when millions greeted Zahak Khomeini or attended its funeral. But it does prove is how successful the clergy are at demagoguery playing the nationalist card.
 

If it was any other place you could argue yes, but in Iran 'roo kasy nemisheh hesab kard'. Always Remember this:  these are the same people who cheered and brought down statute of shah on 25 mordad with long live mossadegh slogans and down with the shah and on 28 mordad the same people showed up with long live shah slogans! Also the same people that came on the streets in hundreds of thousands to celebrate shah’s birthday on 1977 wished him death on 1978! 

well I think you got the point.

A very crazy question.

Of course it has , otherwise it would have not lasted this long. should this not be obvious?? its legitimacy has been established among the faithfuls and those who belive in its fundamental principles.

The rest of the population? who really cares!

A legitimate person on the payroll of a legitimate regime would  be able to identify his daddy in a line up!

Can Trita Parsi identify his daddy in the following line up?

I doubt!