Whose voices are really being suppressed? “Al Jazeera sees the US’s wish to overthrow Ahmadinejad”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VGzm7YNSJg, as well as the tech-savvy nature—and wealth—of the protesters as reasons for caution.

For a background on the US overthrow of Mossadegh—which Obama referred to in his Cairo speech, go “here”:https://guernicamag.com/interviews/298/americas_century_of_regime_cha/. For background on the US’s recent “demonization” campaigns against Iran, go “here”:https://guernicamag.com/interviews/506/man_with_a_country/.

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