So what's the good news about post-presidential-election Iran?

"In postelection Iran, there is growing unease among many of the nation's political and clerical elite that the very system of governance they rely on for power and privilege has been stripped of its religious and electoral legitimacy, creating a virtual dictatorship enforced by an emboldened security apparatus, analysts said...."

So, what is the good news?

It is this: "President" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and "Supreme Leader" Ali Khamenei aren't getting the support they expected from Iran's powerful religious leaders. That's the thing about relying on a group instead of law for your power over a larger group: if the source of your power turns on you.... And therein lies the real hope for Iran.