Word: reformist
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...most powerful military in a traditionally hostile neighboring country unless someone pretty powerful in Tehran had signed off on the strike. And although outgoing FBI director Louis Freeh had accused the Clinton Administration of soft-pedaling on the case in order to avoid crossing swords with Iran's emerging reformist leadership, no Iranian officials were named in the indictment. Freeh insists the reason was insufficient evidence rather than any geopolitical squeamishness...
...which is generally fought through a combination of intelligence and security work and diplomatic leverage. Although Iran remains on the State Department's list of states sponsoring terrorism, thereby making it subject to a range of automatic sanctions, there has been widespread recognition in the West that the fledgling reformist government of President Muhammad Khatami has moved to end support for terrorism. The problem is that while the recent election showed Khatami commands overwhelming public support, his real power is limited to the point of paralysis by a political system that puts unelected conservative clergymen in charge of the apparatus...
...Western governments have grappled with how to deal with an Iran whose people were clearly signaling their preference for peace and engagement with the West while their ultimate overlords fought a vicious battle to retain control of a closed society. The Bush Administration clearly wants to reinforce the reformist trend, but at the same time remains concerned about the activities of the hard-line elements who are still effectively in charge - particularly their headlong rush to acquire weapons of mass destruction, and the missile technology to deliver those over great distances. Moving in any direct way to retaliate against Iran...
ARRESTED. CARLOS MENEM, 70, flamboyant reformist President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999; on charges of leading a conspiracy to smuggle 6,500 tons of arms to Croatia and Ecuador while in office; in Buenos Aires. The first elected Argentine President ever arrested, Menem is too old to go to jail; under Argentine law, suspects 70 or older are kept under house arrest...
...Beijing, the fallout from the standoff is likely to force the more reformist element of China's leadership to march in lockstep with the conservatives, forcing them to default to more suspicious and hostile positions towards the West. Is this a concern of the Bush administration...