Since the outbreak of mass protest in the middle-east broke out more then a year ago, Iran has tried in vein to depict it as some kind of follow up to its own Islamic revolution which occurred in 1979. Back then, millions of Iranian took to the streets to protest against the then-dictator Shah Pahlavi. Their main demand were Islamic laws ruling the country. Today, the Regime in Tehran sees the current situation has ideal to push its brand of Islam onto other countries as they are going through political changes.
