Iran's future: Do protests have the mullahs on tenterhooks? - opinion
What is remarkable this time is that there is talk of partition plans, civil war, destroying and breaking up the country and other things that Iranian leaders have not mentioned before.
SHOPS ARE closed following riots and the call of protesters to close the markets, in Tehran, last month. Anger has shifted to the markets, which are considered the backbone of the economy, says the writer. (photo credit: WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY/REUTERS)BySALEM ALKETBI