“In the end the Revolution was not Twitter, because there was no Revolution. The Army, the Revolutionary Guards they didn’t support the people. The Bazari merchants and the oil and gas industry workers, they didn’t go on strike…People were angry of course because they felt their vote had been stolen. There was nothing ideological about it. When they took to the streets they made clear that they wanted a better economy, less unemployment, a less stifling regime, a little more freedom of speech and of dress for women, less fiery rhetoric from Ahmadinejad. In sum, they wanted a better life…This doesn’t mean this was a Gucci, Youtube, Twitter uprising of the petty bourgeoisie.”

One of the best commentaries on #IranElection by Pepe Escobar [Twitter]