Friday, September 18, 2009

Massive protests in Iran -again

Image by Reuters
It's been two months since the election fraud in Iran energized the reformist movement. Since then protests have continued, but the government has gotten better at repressing the opposition, and things seemed a bit quieter in tha past few weeks. 

Today's demonstrations -piggybacking the Jerusalem Day ceremonies-, have shown that the opposition is alive and kicking, pulsing just below the surface.

I think it is reasonable to wonder if Iran's recent softening nuclear policy isn't at least in part an effort to appease the opposition.