By Jessica Bennett
As NEWSWEEK Middle East Editor Christopher Dickey writes in this week's cover story, what is unfolding in Iran is no simple confrontation between tyranny and freedom. The mass protests over the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad—wave upon wave of them—have not overturned the regime, nor have they sought to do so. But 30 years after the Islamic Revolution overthrew the shah, the unrest has remade the country's political landscape. A look at what's happening in the streets.
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