Iran: A Rift Persists While Protests Dwindle

Iran's security apparatus continued to make good on threats to quell opposition protests by force on June 22, as the size and scope of street demonstrations continued to dwindle. Meanwhile, more reports of voter fraud in the country's June 12 presidential election have surfaced, but the real struggle in the Islamic Republic goes beyond the vote and behind the scenes in an intensifying power struggle among the ruling clerical elite.