Iran: Foreign Funding of the Opposition

Sixty foreign organizations, including a number of prominent think tanks based in Washington, D.C., have been named by Tehran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security as sources of funding for opposition groups in Iran, according to Iran’s state-run Mehr news agency. Long a useful tool in preserving the Iranian regime, the concept of the meddling foreign hand is now being employed to strengthen President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s hold on power.