
#GlobalRevolution
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
T wo years ago, it threatened to trigger a wave of dissent that would reverberate around the Middle East and beyond. Hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, took to the streets of Tehran and other Iranian cities to protest the reelection of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, a poll that opponents claimed was rigged. Yet with much of the region in a state of revolutionary ferment, the second anniversary of Iran's bitterly disputed presidential election on June 12 appeared likely to pass as little more than a footnote.

