Egypt’s Uprising May Reignite Iran’s Green Movement

Now, Iran’s leaders – along with some regional analysts – are saying that Egypt’s uprising will produce an Islamic republic in Iran’s image. Hossein Shariatmadari, editor of the Iranian newspaper Kayhan, wrote last week, “All the demands and slogans [in Egypt] are in complete congruence with the teachings of [Iran’s] Islamic revolution.”

But such assertions get the story precisely backward.

Rather than the Iranian revolution of 1979 inspiring Egyptians, the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is inspiring Iranians — and may re-ignite the Green Movement that emerged after the presidential election 20 months ago.

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