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Rather than a social uprising against the regime, the real post-election crisis in Iran was a complex struggle within the regime.

In spite of the media fury, the Tehran demonstrations do not amount to a mass revolution, and even in a zero-vote fraud scenario Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would have done quite well in Iran's recent presidential election. The unsuccessful protests against Iran's presidential election have masked the real show, a massive crisis in the Iranian elite.

Despite the sound and fury surrounding Iran's recent presidential election, the underlying reality of the Iranian dynamic remains unchanged.