The Latest from Iran (12 November): Lull

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So you want to know where the “velvet revolution” is being planned? Look no farther than the secret plots being openly discussed at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

That’s the headline “exclusive” in Iranian state media this morning, as the Islamic Republic News Agency declares that various academics, activists, Jews, and troublemakers assembled this week for a conference on “Baha’i Unity”.

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Unnoticed by many, a complicated dance over talks with Syria — on a settlement with Israel, on its position vis-a-vis Lebanon, and on its relations with Iran and Hezbollah — is beginning. For a mix of reasons, some good (finally defusing some of the tension between Tel Aviv and Damascus), some not so good (the mistaken belief that this will mean the isolation of Tehran in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf), serious talks for the first time in almost a decade appear imminent.

Still, Washington firebrands who dreamed of Syrian regime change during the Dubya Years aren’t going down without a fight.

The excellent Joshua Landis has this analysis:

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