Case in Point -- Iranian analyst jailed

Iranian officials, even if they wanted to engage, have been hamstrung because of the protests, Iranian analysts said. "It is the internal crisis that really worries our leaders. They can't speak with one voice in the international community at this point," said Mashallah Shamsolvaezin during a phone interview conducted before he was arrested Tuesday in Tehran for unknown reasons. He said there will be no compromise with the West as long as Iran's internal political crisis continues.

Here's the full article discussing President Obama's apparent tack on Iran. Here's a link to Amnesty International.

Here's a relatively thoughtful blog post on Iran from Andrew Sullivan. Better than "the decade that sucked" or whatever from Time, anyway.