16 June 2009
iran
Held off writing about Iran, cos Ali said he'd send me something (hope he still does). You can in the meantime see him here on Newsnight from last night (probably only for the next few hours, I can't find a lasting link) around 8-9 mins in.
Suffice it to say that those speaking about Iran in terms of 'rural' support for Ahmadinejad vs. middle-class Tehrani Twitterers would do well to remember that by far the majority of Iranians live in cities and that not everyone who lives in the countryside is an ignorant religious conservative.
