Theocracy meets democracy in Iran

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The Iranian reformist newspaper Mardomsalari nailed it: "These June 17 [presidential] elections are the most important since the beginning of the Islamic republic in 1979. Iranians have the choice of handing victory to former president Ali Akbar Heshemi Rafsanjani, vote for a reformist candidate to pursue the reforms, or allow conservative radicals to take power in all branches of government."

Iranian society is arguably the most dynamic, the most advanced and the most critical in the Muslim world - light years ahead of the youth in the Arab world or in Pakistan, for instance. There is a cultural revolution going on in Iran - against theocracy. The die is cast, and if reformers like Moin are not in the ballot, these elections could yet represent the triumph of civil disobedience.

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