so they were rebuilding that relationship in the 1990's with r rafsanjani and katami. but then they realized something in 2002, that iran had pushed ahead with its nuclear program and the good face of iran, katami, for example, was hiding a more determined security policy, still very aggressive. that iran was really after a nuclear option at the time that they were trying to rebuild confidence between the two shores of the gulf. and this still has an impact of how the gulf looks at iran to y today. another reason why, i think, many in the arab world are happy that ahmadinejad, or relieved that ahmadinejad won, is that a mousavi presidency would have had an impact on the, probably in their view, a positive impact on the u.s.-iran relationship and this is a thing that some are concerned that iran's interest and washington's interest or heart are closer to iran than the arab capitals. and you can argue this is an irrational fear but when you look at the history and the close relationship between the u.s. and iran during the shah time, not completely misplaced. so, little

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he was not the founder of it any more than former president katami was in 1997.oth elections, iran's savvy voters latched on to a figure who promised some degree of political, economic and social openings and who had a prospect of winning. i think if mousavi doesn't demonstrate more visible leadership soon, the opposition may begin to look elsewhere. there is probably a window of opportunity for him to act, and he has been increasingly less visible over the past week. the third issue is unity. this is where the regime is most vulnerable. many in the government have to be worried about the long-term cost of a crackdown. parliament has yet to get more deeply involved -- sorry-has begun to get more deeply involved. both in attempts at reconciliation and outspoken criticism. i'm really sorry, i had this fantastic video of a little speech given by a member of parliament angry, getting so angry and worked up his turban keeps falling off and he has to keep pushing it back on his head and he blasts the regime and their tactics. it is not something that i have seen report