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| Iran crisis set to rage on |
| 2009-07-05 |
| Three weeks after Iran was shaken by its most serious unrest since the 1979 revolution, the dust seems to have settled. Banned and broken up by force, the largely peaceful, massive protest demonstrations have fizzled out. The Guardian Council - the powerful, appointed watchdog body - has formally endorsed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose unexpectedly large declared margin of victory triggered the protests. On the face of it, Tehran and other Iranian cities now look much as they did before the 12 June elections. So does that mean everything is back to normal, and nothing has changed? That seems unlikely. The disturbances, and the crisis they expressed, have left much unsettled business, and many unanswered questions. |
| Posted by:Steve White |