Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen...Next up, Iran.

Iran's opposition leaders, Moussavi and Karroubi, called for a peaceful rally today in support of the fight for democracy ensuing throughout the Arab world:

“In order to declare support for the popular movements in the region, in particular, the freedom-seeking movements of the people of Egypt and Tunisia, we request a permit to invite the people for a rally."

Their Facebook page now has over 13,000 fans: an all-too low number for the type of rally they wish to hold.
The NYTimes quotes a young opposition supporter asking why the Arabs could stand firm, "while we [Iranians] got scared and ran away". 
Perhaps because Mubarak, no matter how corrupt and unjust a leader, is no Ahmadinejad, and his young soldiers, unlike the army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, support the people and not a regime.





~written with the help of a cup of blueberry tea~