Where Will the Power Lie in Iran?

By The Editors, The NewYork times

In the largest antigovernment demonstration since the Iranian revolution of 1979, thousands of people took to the streets in Iran on Tuesday to protest the disputed presidential election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared winner this past weekend.
The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for an examination of opposition charges of vote-rigging and the country’s powerful Guardian Council said Tuesday that it would order a partial recount. That concession was rejected by the main opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, and other opponents, who demand that a new election be held.
We asked some experts to give some background on the developments over the past few days, and what the Obama administration’s reaction should be.

* Abbas Amanat, scholar of modern Iranian history
* Meyrav Wurmser, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute
* Mohsen M. Milani, political scientist
* Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, economist
* Janet Afary, professor of history and women’s studies

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