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Why Iran sits at a 鈥榗ritical juncture鈥�
Ira Porter
Ali Manouchehr-Abadi is not the name the Islamic regime in Tehran wants its citizens remembering today, on the 47th anniversary of a revolution that toppled a pro-Western family dynasty and founded a theocratic republic in Iran. Just 21, he had a passion for watchmaking. But on Jan. 8, he was one of nearly 7,000 people killed by Iranian security forces during an unprecedented crackdown against nationwide protests. Mass celebrations are planned to honor the revolution, as Scott Peterson reports today. Yet amid state violence, economic straits, and escalating external threats, the death of a humble watchmaker perhaps more aptly punctuates聽the mood of a nation and society reaching what one woman in Tehran described as a 鈥渃ritical juncture.鈥�
