"Is Revolution Brewing in Iran?"

Nathan Gonzalez, author of "Engaging Iran" and fellow at the Truman National Security Project, has this comment on HuffingtonPost:

The supreme leader of Iran has two clear choices: Save the fragile legitimacy of the Islamic Republic by calling for new elections, or move toward a system that increasingly looks like a dictatorship, in which all pretensions of popular will are thrown by the wayside. Either choice may be a losing proposition for the Islamic ruling elite in the long run. But what is certain is that a massive confrontation with the people of Iran very seldom benefits those in power, something Khamenei and his fellow revolutionaries from the class of 1979 know all too well.

That sounds like a reasonable assessment of the situation.

Ralph