Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. AFP/Getty ImagesIran Revolution's End Will Be Heard Around World -- Gerald F. Seib, Wall Street Journal
Antigovernment demonstrators showed up as scheduled on Iran's streets Thursday, commemorating in their own defiant way the 31st anniversary of the country's Islamic revolution. Government forces, meanwhile, worked overtime, and apparently with some success, to clamp down on the protesters.
Important as the day's efforts by the dissidents may be, though, their significance transcends one day, or one anniversary. It is simply this:
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Only one force can stop Iran now: its people -- Richard Haass, Times Online
Iran's dissidents need some foreign support -- Geneive Abdo, The Independent
Iran: Cowardice and Courage -- New York Times editorial
Hard Mideast Truths -- Roger Cohen, New York Times
A series of crises shows the EU’s diminishing global role -- Alan Philps, The National
We Want China to Lead -- Peter Mandelson, New York Times
Many in denial over China's quest for bases -- Harsh V. Pant, Japan Times
Where the U.S. went wrong on the Christmas Day bomber -- Washington Post
Tribunal and Error -- Ali H. Soufan, New York Times editorial
Guantanamo prison: Ugly but necessary -- Michael Gerson, Washington Post
New dangers for the world economy -- The Economist
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