Ahmadinejad Stumbles in Iran Election

This story from The Guardian echoes what I've been saying, that the tyrant's days are numbered:

The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, faced electoral embarrassment today after the apparent failure of his supporters to win control of key local councils and block the political comeback of his most powerful opponent.
Early results from last Friday's election suggested that his Sweet Scent of Service coalition had won just three out of 15 seats on the symbolically important Tehran city council, foiling Mr Ahmadinejad's plan to oust the mayor and replace him with an ally...

Compounding his setback was the success of Hashemi Rafsanjani, an influential pragmatist and fierce critic of the president's radical policies. Mr Rafsanjani - whom Mr Ahmadinejad defeated in last year's presidential election - received the most votes in elections to the experts' assembly, a clerical body empowered to appoint and remove Iran's supreme leader.

This doesn't mean that Iran, the hot bed of radical Islam since the 70's, will turn over a new leaf over night, but its very hopeful. Everything still hinges on the outcome of the Iraq War, whether America will see democracy through or not.