Michael Ledeen on Iran on National Review Online

The fundamentalist regime running Iran may be crumbling:

First, "a fatwa issued by one of the country's most prestigious and revered religious leaders, the Grand Ayatollah Montazeri . . ." declares, "Suicide terrorism is antithetical to the teachings of Islam, and those who practice it, and kill women, children, and babies, are doomed to eternity in hell."

Next:

"At Friday prayers, in an amazing confession of failure, Ayatollah Janati � the head of the Council of Guardians and one of the five most powerful men in the country � admitted to the faithful that Iran was in desperate economic straits. Iran, he said, was as badly off as Argentina, perhaps even worse."

This is an important report. Totally missed by the major media, who are all busy advising President Bush on how we need to work with Arafat to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Something much bigger is about to happen. This time, it might really be The Mother of All Battles.