Iran at a crossroads

The daily Diena considers that Iran has reached a decisive crossroads: "[Presidential candidate Mir-Hossein] Mousavi is certainly not a democrat in the Western sense, but he does promise change, including more rights for women and an alternative to incumbent president Ahmadinejad. The Iranian leadership is now faced with the biggest problem that can be confronted by any 'steered democracy': it can only function as long as the people agree to be steered in this way. If that's no longer the case, the regime can either drop to its knees or apply merciless repression. Iran's leaders have lost their legitimacy at home, and their nuclear programme has caused them to lose their legitimacy abroad. Now they are standing at this crossroads."

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