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Parallels Between Tehran 1979 and Tehran 2009?
There are, says BBC correspondent John Simpson , present for protests at both points in history. His reflections suggest that any pro-democracy celebrations in other parts of the world may be premature: When I go out into the streets now and see the crowds with their green ribbons and scarves and face-paint and balloons, it occurs to me that I am looking at a coalition of interests as complex as the one that marched along the same streets 30 years ago. Then, liberal, middle-class, Westerni