Iran, A Year Later, Ctd

Juan Cole believes that the green movement still has life left in it. Karim Sadjadpour does a Q & A:

Two things happened after the elections that impacted Tehran's foreignpolicy. First, any lingering moderates or pragmatists were essentiallypurged from the decision-making structure, leaving Ayatollah Khameneisurrounded by a group of likeminded hardliners with two overarchingpolitical instincts: mistrust and defiance. Second, the ongoinginternal power struggles made it even more difficult than...