“Iranian Revolution” on The Daily Caller

Joel Rosenberg is the author of the new novel, “The Twelfth Imam.” (more)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly late last week. He reminded America and the free world just what a crazed worldview he holds when he called for an investigation into whether the United States government was behind the attack on the World Trade Centers on 9/11. It was brilliant theater and a classic distraction technique to be sure. What he didn’t want you and I to focus on was what his brutal, menacing regime is doing to its own people, to its neighbors, and to the world. (more)

TEHRAN, Iran – Hundreds of thousands of Iranians massed Thursday in central Tehran to mark the anniversary of the revolution that created the country’s Islamic republic, while a heavy security force fanned out across the city and moved quickly to snuff out opposition counterprotests. (more)

The mounting protests in Iran leave little doubt that the Tehran regime has entered its final decade. The mass expression of public dissent expected today coincides with the day 31 years ago when the Iranian revolution was launched. The Islamist theocracy that resulted commenced a low-intensity war against the United States and our allies, which has continued to this day and could soon get worse. (more)

In this case, the calm before the storm may be contrived. (more)