Ahmadinejad and his supporters may look simple, but they have used the most subtle methods to undermine the authority of the clergy.

Thirty years after the end of the war with Iraq the leadership of the Islamic Republic faces many of the same challenges that it faced during the war with Iraq, but this time, not even Ayatollah Rafsanjani may be capable of defending the regime against its own mismanagement.

Likely demonstrations at the funeral of Iran's most senior opposition cleric would reflect continuing popular outrage at the widespread fraud in the June 12 presidential election and the general disunity of the country.

Now is not the time to sendU.S. diplomats to Tehran.

The conciliatory Khatami is a myth, and a dangerous one at that.

The Islamic Republic continues to hemorrhage her best and brightest who, unwilling to partake in the charade of Iranian elections, vote instead with their feet.

This is the Persian translation of Ali Alfoneh's September 30 article, "The War over the War."

We have utterly failed to lay the groundwork for effective support for democratic revolution in Iran.