WORLDS COLLIDE IN IRAN.(Editorial) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: July 15, 1999 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In the course of 24 hours last year, I caught a glimpse of the two worlds now colliding on the streets of Tehran.

The first could be found on the hiking trails of the Elburz Mountains in northern Tehran, where young men and women sought refuge from the disapproving gaze of the Islamic morals police. At a teahouse next to the Darakeh River, I met several couples - ardent supporters of Mohammad Khatami, the country's reform-minded president - who were fuming that a religio...

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