Iran


The most incredible thing about Iran isn't the crackdown following the stolen election, but that so many people didn't see either event coming.

But it shouldn't have come as a surprise. People don't want to admit that live in a dictatorship, or that they have limited rights, or even that their leaders are evil, until the batons hit them over the head. And many not even then.

When the truth can no longer be denied, first there is despair, then hope, then new action. Even overnight, some Iranians have been talking of the future.

For my friends who helped on the Dreamland book - our prayers and wishes are with you.