Not that this means anything for policy change in Iran, but Ahmadinejad's team got buffeted in their own midterms:
The main battleground in Friday's election was the Tehran City Council, where supporters of Ahmadinejad competed against backers of a more moderate conservative, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf.
Final results for Tehran are not expected until Tuesday, but partial tallies reported by Iranian news agencies showed Qalibaf's group dominating with about nine of the 15 council seats. The remaining seats were split between backers of Ahmadinejad and the pro-reform camp, seeking a comeback after being routed in a series of elections.
A week after the first visible protest against the nutball Iranian president, with students chanting for his ouster. The West should pay as much attention to events like these as to Holocaust Denial conferences and Mahmoud's routine emissions about Jews, Israel and the Great Satan.
Only a few blogger would discuss this topic the way you do.*.*;.