NY Times: Arabs Rise, Tehran Trembles

image by Francesco Bongiorni
(http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/03/06/opinion/06iran-art.html)

It could be only wishful thinking. However the author is true about the generational gap between the leaders in Tehran and the revolutionaries in Cairo, and what happened in Cairo this year and in Tehran last year are in many respects alike.

I recommend this op-ed from today's NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/opinion/06sadjapour.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212

(Zoon Politikon)