I have two questions. One of them has to do with the fallout from the last election, which I guess in some ways was a watershed moment. I think for many Iranians, it was a realization that the supreme leader was not neutral in that election. He really did take sides with the present regime. Has that led in many ways to a loss of credibility among those who are still loyal to the supreme leader but who at the same time were not necessarily loyal to Ahmadinejad?
Is there in fact a loss of confidence in the supreme leader? He is no longer a neutral sort of spiritual leader. Really, he belongs to a political faction that is in control of the process and therefore makes the whole process of having an election almost irrelevant in some ways.
The other question I have is this one. Lately we've heard about what is happening with the Baluchis and Baluchistan and so forth. I'm wondering if the minority communities within Iran are so frustrated at the moment that they feel taking up armed struggle is the only way they can in fact deal with some of the issues that are quite repressive to them?