Iran is Ripe for Another Revolution
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, Former President of Iran | August 3, 2009
The Iranian regime's legitimacy has been "irretrievably undone" by the summer's election controversy. ++ "The current situation offers parallels with the political unrest leading up to the 1979 Islamic Revolution." ++ Just as Carter's election was seen as a threat to the monarchy's external legitimacy, Obama's non-confrontational approach makes it hard for this regime to play the defender of independence against foreign intrusion. ++ If the people keep resisting, "their uprising will become a full-fledged revolution," making democracy a real possibility.
