An exhibition on show as Iran pre-pared for its presidential election on June 8th told a salutary tale. Mikhail Gorbachev, the exhibition recalled, was a gullible reformist whose misguided attempts to improve a Communist government ended up destroying the Soviet Union. Another section of the exhibition described Muhammad Khatami's continuing efforts to reform Iran's Islamic regime. The exhibition was ordered by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supposedly impartial supreme leader, and a caption duly contended that "Khatami is not another Gorbachev". But the exhibition's title, "The Great Lesson", carried the message that a vote for the cautious Mr Khatami could be a vote to destroy the Islamic revolution.
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机译：伊朗在为6月8日的总统大选做准备时进行的一场展览讲述了一个有益的故事。展览回忆说，米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫（Mikhail Gorbachev）是一个容易受骗的改良主义者，他为改善共产党政府而进行的误导尝试最终摧毁了苏联。展览的另一部分描述了穆罕默德·哈塔米（Muhammad Khatami）为改革伊朗伊斯兰政权所作的持续努力。该展览是由伊朗据称公正的最高领导人阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊（Ayatollah Ali Khamenei）安排的，标题适当地辩称“卡塔米不是另一个戈尔巴乔夫”。但是展览的标题是“伟大的教训”，传达了这样的信息：对谨慎的哈塔米先生的投票可能是摧毁伊斯兰革命的投票。
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