Iran is Having and Anniversary
Steven L. Taylor
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Saturday, June 12, 2010
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Via the BBC: Tight security in Iran on election anniversary.
It would appear that the opposition has lost considerable ground in that year:
Opposition leaders have called off planned protests, saying they want to avoid the loss of innocent lives.
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The opposition seem to have run out of ideas. Many Iranians are now reduced to sullen acquiescence. The government’s next big problem looks to be the economy: with falling oil revenues, it could be, fairly rapidly, running out of money.
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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