Talk:Cinema Rex Fire

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[edit] problem with claim of radical islamists setting fire

This quote from the article suggests The Mantle of the Prophet agrees Islamists set the fire

There are a few documented reasons why the Cinema Rex fire was planned and executed by Islamist militants. For one, the incident was seen as a strategic move that would essentially mobilize the masses in support of the revolutionary push. Up until the fire, the revolutionary movement involved more politically active citizens but according to Roy Mottahedeh, author of The Mantle of the Prophet, “thousands of Iranians who had felt neutral and had until now thought that the struggle was only between the shah and supporters of religiously conservative mullahs felt that the government might put their own lives on the block to save itself. Suddenly, for hundreds of thousands, the movement was their own business.”^[1]

This is what the book says on p.375: "Regardless of who set the fire (perhaps no one) many people believed that the circumstances confirmed the government's guilt, and suddenly thousands of Iranians who had felt neutral and had until now thought that the struggle was only between the shah and supporters of religiously conservative mullahs felt that the government might put their own lives on the block to save itself. Suddenly, for hundreds of thousands, the movement was their own business.”

The claim should not stay without proof. --Leroy65X 22:58, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

So far as I can tell, the only proof offered that Islamists were behind the fire is one sentence from an article ("One person's story: Mr. Monir Taheri." Boroumand Foundation. Retrieved on 2006-08-21) on how Captain Monir Taheri was unjustly convicted and executed for arson.

“In his defense statement, the principal defendant admitted to having started the fire along with three other religious activists and denied having had connections with the former regime’s security apparatus.” --Leroy65X 01:18, 5 December 2006 (UTC)