IRAN NOW: The Players & 'Palace intrigue plus Twitter'

I listened to Professor Hamid Dabashi of Columbia University on Doug Henwood's WBAI-FM show Behind the News yesterday. Dr. Dabashi had some interesting perspectives on the current situation in Iran. Here, a collection of his speeches and recent interviews on Iran now:

http://www.hamiddabashi.com/

"Calling Iranian politics "byzantine" doesn't quite do the trick, because all Byzantium really had going on was palace intrigue. Tehran is that, plus Twitter" writes Gabriel Winant in Salon. Who hates who and what the future may bring.
A guide to the players on Salon.com:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/19/iran/?source=newsletter