Iran

The Beeb are running a series on Iran's relationship with the west at the moment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hmrvt/b00hmrv1/Iran_and_the_West_The_Man_who_Changed_the_World/

So far, excellent.

One line, however, jumped out at me. When they were questioning Ibrahim Asgharzadeh about the planning behind the capture of the embassy, he said of Ahmadinejad's worries over the operation that they were primarily concerned helping the left, ‘The real threat to the revolution is Russia and the Marxists’ (32.44). A timely point for the left to remember