IRANIAN ARAB SPRING?

"... When popular uprisings began erupting through the Middle East a couple of years ago, some commentators wondered when Iranians would rebel. That was never a possibility. The reason is simple. Iran will not have a revolution because it has already had one -- and learned a terrible lesson from it. Iranians know that no matter how bad a Middle Eastern regime may be, overthrowing it violently may well lead to something worse. Arabs launched their jubilant uprisings without understanding this painful truth. They were utopians. Iranians are not. They have built the Middle East's first post-utopian society... 
"Iran's message to the Arab world is profoundly stabilizing: Often it is better to bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of. Seeking incremental change within an essentially corrupt political system is preferable to confrontation, even if it brings meager results..."
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/25/iran-rouhani-obamaarabspring.html>http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/25/iran-rouhani-obamaarabspring.html

IRAN: NO PLAN OR INTENT TO BUILD NUCLEAR WEAPON

"Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, in a television interview with NBC News on Wednesday night, said firmly that his country has no plans to build a nuclear weapon, no desire to do so, and hopes that tensions with the U.S. over its atomic program can soon be put to rest..."
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/19>http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/19