sometimes it helps to do a bit of research about the situation that obtains in a country before you start freaking out--as a function of uninformed mistinterpretation..
an alternative version of this story--within a broader chronological perspective--from the financial times:
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/85964a7a-4b...0779e2340.html
this from a left perspective, an analysis of the new government:
http://www.iran-bulletin.org/IB-MEF-...ons_edited.htm
the irony is that this administration sounds an awful lot like the bush administration in the u.s.--different ideological context, parallel kind of politics--however i suspect that this regime will be a bit less willing to lie to its population about war---go figure.
a critique of the nuclear hysteria with reference to iran (check the notes/chase the links--do not rely on this guy's reading of things--see for yourself)
http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=11233