Updated Title: World Revolution 2011

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Originally Posted by firstdown

Lets just hope these changes are for the good and don't turn out like Iran did back in the 80's (I think it was the 80s).

Iran overthrew the Shah in 1979 through a movement led more by religious leaders and less by democratic leaders. The slogan of the Iranian revolution was "vilayat-i-faqih," or "let the religious leaders rule." Given that the leaders of movements in places like Tunisia and Egypt have hoisted the flag of democracy rather than religion, it seems reasonable to expect that the revolutions will turn out differently.

Besides it's not 1979 any more. There are plenty of folks in Iran today who wish that their revolution had worked out differently.