Iran’s Green Movement: One Year Later
CBS News / Juan Cole
10-Jun-2010

Juan Cole: Iran's Hardliners Have Kept Power Due to Gaza Blockade and Washington's Sanctions Policy

Iran’s Green Movement is one year old this Sunday, the anniversary of its first massive demonstrations in the streets of Tehran.  Greeted with great hope in much of the world, a year later it’s weaker, the country is more repressive, and its hardliners are in a far stronger position -- and some of their success can be credited to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sanctions hawks in the Obama administration

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