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Monday, June 15, 2009

The Iranian people stand up

The mass demonstrations following the widely disputed re-election of President Ahmedinejad of Iran are not unprecedented. Similar scenes were evident thirty years ago when the Shah of Iran was deposed and Ayatollah Khomeini propelled into power. The Islamic Republic forged in the 1979 revolution is facing its greatest challenge to date - not from America, not from Israel, but from its own people.

It is still too early to say whether the far-reaching reforms demanded by the Iranian opposition will be conceded by the regime, or whether such open defiance will be successfully crushed, Tiananmen style. However, it is now abundantly clear that the Iranian regime is now highly vulnerable. There is, at this point, nothing constructive that the outside world, and particularly the Western world, can contribute at this time. Matters must take their course, the Iranian leadership and its people must deal with each other, one way or another.

The rest of us can only watch and hope.

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