(via NickDenton.org)  Nick links the following article describing a surprising poll result in Iran followed by a not-so-surprising result for the Pollster.

Iran showed its divided face yesterday when an unprecedented public-opinion poll revealed a strong vein of pro-American sentiment, so strong that the pollster was arrested.

...The results found 74 per cent of respondents over the age of 15 in favour of opening political talks with Washington; 46 per cent said they think U.S. policies on Iran are "to some extent correct."

Dissatisfied with that result, Iran's conservative judiciary took strong action against the National Institute for Research Studies and Opinion Polls, a government-run think tank. It ordered the organization's doors sealed on Monday, and arrested director Behrouz Geranpayeh yesterday, ordering him to appear in court today on charges of "publishing lies to excite public opinion."

Unlike the other nations in the Islamosphere, whose mullahs constantly preach to young men "just put us in charge and everything will be idyllic", Iranians now actually have close to 20 yrs of track record with this idea and are starting to call the Mullah's bluff.  

Iran's "young, educated, unemployed men" seek deep reform along constituational liberalism lines &  will emerge as a critical constituency in the near future as one of the primary moderinizing voices of Islam.