{"id":668,"date":"2009-06-29T21:52:05","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T18:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/archives\/668"},"modified":"2012-05-05T15:41:35","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T12:41:35","slug":"the-end-of-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/archives\/668","title":{"rendered":"The End of the Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a brilliant read by  Trita Parsi and Reza Aslan who argue that&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s popular uprising, which began after the June 12 election, may be heading for a premature ending. In many ways, the Ahmadinejad government has succeeded in transforming what was a mass movement into dispersed pockets of unrest. Whatever is now left of this mass movement is now leaderless, unorganized \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and under the risk of being hijacked by groups outside Iran in pursuit of their own political agendas&#8230;..Although successful at first, the discipline has clearly broken down. This should be no surprise \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the movement is by now in effect leaderless. A source close to Mousavi says that the first and second circle of people around Mousavi have all been arrested or put under house arrest. Mousavi himself has limited ability to communicate with his team and his followers. The lack of leadership is visible on the streets, where demonstrators exhibit unparalleled will and courage, but lack direction and guidance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2009\/06\/26\/the_end_of_the_beginning\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read on<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-flattr-button\"><a class=\"FlattrButton\" style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/archives\/668\" title=\" The End of the Beginning\" rev=\"flattr;uid:VigilanteJournalist;language:en_GB;category:text;tags:Iran Election,news around world,protests,the war in middle east,war and conflict,blog;button:compact;\">Here&#8217;s a brilliant read by Trita Parsi and Reza Aslan who argue that&#8230;. &#8220;Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s popular uprising, which began after the June 12 election, may be heading for a premature ending....<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a brilliant read by Trita Parsi and Reza Aslan who argue that&#8230;. &#8220;Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s popular uprising, which began after the June 12 election, may be heading for a premature ending. 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