Tuesday
Dec282010
WikiLeaks, Iran, and the Green Movement: The Predictions of Iraq's President
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 7:04 | Scott Lucas in EA Iran, EA Middle East and Turkey, Iraq, Middle East and Iran
Commenting a week after the demonstrations on 27 December 2009 and the regime's mobilisation of support three days later, Talabani assesses, "Tt was not that the Iranian regime was weak, but rather that the opposing side was strong....Whereas the demonstrations at first were attacking Iranian President Ahmadinejad, they have now shifted to being against Supreme Leader Khamenei."