Iran's Anger Over Rigged Vote not to Fade Fast
Ali Ansari, St Andrews' Iranian Institute | June 15, 2009
The protests in Teheran following the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are the broadest since the 1979 revolution and include disaffected members of the revolutionary elite. ++ The leadership faces a crisis of authority. ++ The arrest of 110 reformist politicians has given "further credence to suggestions that more is afoot than simple election manipulation," and that the "landslide" result is a means to a broader end. ++ People are angry and it is dangerous to raise expectations only to dash them.
