Revolutions are serious business. They require zeal, energy and fervor--all of which need to be maintained. For the past thirty years, the Islamic regime has struggled to keep its revolution alive, and not without success. The latest round of the nuclear deal is no different. It is already presented as another revolutionary victory and it might strengthen the hold of the fragile government in Tehran that desperately seeks legitimacy since its controversial elections last June.
But legitimacy, we should note, is no longer in the hands of IAEA or the International Community. It is in the hands of the Iranian people. Take one recent example. November 4th was the official day of commemorating the overtaking the American Embassy in Tehran. It was designed as a day of anti-American protests. But this year hundreds of thousands of Iranians from Tehran and other major cities poured into the streets to protest something else.
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