Iran no model for Egypt

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has lauded the courage of the demonstrators in Cairo, praising them for following the model of the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979. But the current regime in Tehran hardly points the way forward, writes the daily Die Presse: "Iran's regime is getting all high and mighty, and trying to use the toppled governments in Tunisia and Egypt to further its own interests. But in fact it's trembling in fear at the North African revolutionary virus. ... It was the call for freedom and justice that drew so many demonstrators to Tahrir Square. All the more reason for their experiment of a new Egypt to differ from the Iranian experiment, which has shown them and the entire region that it has nothing to do with more freedom and equality. You've got to be blind and deaf to believe that the regime in Tehran belongs to the 'progressive' forces fighting against corruption and despotism. The opposite is the case, as Tehran is demonstrating once again."

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