The peak of the Shia religious festival Ashura has seen new protests erupt across Iran, some coverage here.
I have literally all of my digits crossed on this one. Iran is a foreign policy headache for the United States primarily because it's trying to get nukes (which would destabilize the region) and we can't storm in their like we did Iraq (because it would give the Islamic Regime a new thirty year propaganda lease on life.) So essentially, we have to be quietly supportive of the opposition and hope like hell the government hangs itself.
Which it tentatively looks like it might slowly be doing. The disputed Presidential election in June pissed off a lot of Iranians and six months later, they haven't stopped being pissed off. Hopefully 2010 will mark the year they take their government back.
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