Iranian Unrest

Watching events unfold in Iran on the back of a dubious election result, Obama has renewed hope of a change in leadership there, along with Netanyahu they will be keen for Moussavi to keep the pressure on. The US and Israel have been looking for a way to deal With the unstable Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a long time, and now it looks as though the people of Iran will do the job for them. More protests are lined up for today and tomorrow and into next week and beyond. I don't expect the President to admit to cheating and offer another vote, but if the protesters hold their nerve, then internal protest combined with international pressure may bring the two sides to the table. Almost thirty years to the day that the Shah was overthrown and the Islamic republic came into being, another revolution could decide the fate of Iran.