The urban protests and violence in Iran – triggered by allegations of vote-rigging in the presidential election which saw the return of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – are not simply a contest between the moderate former Prime Minister, Mir Hosein Mousavi, and the extremist President Ahmadinejad.Both Mr Mousavi and President Ahmadinejad were personally “vetted” by the real ruler of Iran, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Shi’ite branch of Islam in the country.After the Iranian revo…
