Protests in Iran

[Famous Mortimer]

This will play out exactly like the Egyptian Revolution...and the 1979 Iranian Revolution for that matter.

Liberal urbanite anger will overthrown the repressive government, free elections will give a voice to the conservative ruralites, and they will make themselves heard by electing an even more conservative government.

There is no liberal opposition in Iran. The liberals are in power right now, they are the ones who stand to be overthrown. Anti-regime liberals do not exist inside the country and they have very little support outside the country either, most are nakedly the front groups of foreign powers.

I suspect this whole thing will just blow over, if it doesn't, it will end in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

[Famous Mortimer]

Guys, the only "true enemy" of the Iranian people are the Ayatollah's regime and its allies.

And Iran's elections are basically a joke. Even if a more moderate candidate can get past the Guardian Council and win, Khamenei is still ultimately the one in control.

The Guardians Council doesn't just prevent liberal candidates (who would probably have no chance of winning anyway) from running, it also keeps more radical conservatives from running. They kept Ahmadinejad off the ballot last time.

[Famous Mortimer]

Guys, the only "true enemy" of the Iranian people are the Ayatollah's regime and its allies.

And Iran's elections are basically a joke. Even if a more moderate candidate can get past the Guardian Council and win, Khamenei is still ultimately the one in control.

The Guardians Council doesn't just prevent liberal candidates (who would probably have no chance of winning anyway) from running, it also keeps more radical conservatives from running. They kept Ahmadinejad off the ballot last time.

Still, by their standards thats like them saying, "Oh Hitler's too radical so here's Mussolini"

Well once the mullahs are overthrown, Hitler can run and he'll have a pretty good chance of winning.