A New Phase

Time Magazine has an excellent article about the new phase of opposition from the people of Iran.

While the world has turned its attention largely away from Iran, the people are still fighting back in new and subtle ways. Obviously large scale street protests are difficult given the brutal nature of this regime. Instead the people are boycotting products advertised on state television and doing "flash" protests in which a group of people quickly say "Down with the Dictator" a few times and then scatter before security forces arrive. This may not seem like a way of quickly toppling the regime, but it clear the will of the people in not broken. The hardliners in power are fighting with each other and the overall situation in Iran is shaky. This movement may take some time to bring down the current regime, but the people of Iran are still working towards that ultimate goal. As Time says:

"The current uprising is nowhere near as widespread as that of 1979. Yet the activism is creating a new political space in Iran. The public is defining its own agenda, with Rafsanjani, Mousavi and other opposition figures responding to sentiment on the street rather than directing it. After meeting on July 20 with the families of people detained following the election, Mousavi warned the power structure, "You are facing something new: an awakened nation, a nation that has been born again and is here to defend its achievements."