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[winterthunder]

From the Associated Press and Juan Cole's blog, it appears that Khamenei's promised violence in Iran has begun. My thoughts are with the protesters.

Also, a nice analysis of Supreme Leader Khameni's rise to power, by Jonathon Lyons, a former Reuters Tehran bureau chief.

Comments

[blamebrampton]

Thanks, winter. Scary news, but good to know. And that story is very well put together. It's all boding badly at the moment ...

[winterthunder]

Yeah, it looks like they're in for a rough ride over there...