Iran's Crack Down

Unbelievable times in Iran. Can Ahmadinejad survive? There's a tipping point in these things and - given his unpopularity within the establishment itself - I would say NO. The man is doomed. But does that mean that the system is to be replaced? No. That I doubt.

Agence France-Presse - 29 December, 2009
Iranian security forces arrested more than a dozen dissidents Monday after at least eight people were killed in fierce clashes, opposition websites said, drawing international condemnation.Those detained included aides to reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, veteran dissident Ebrahim Yazdi and award-winning rights campaigner Emadeddin Baghi, reports said.