MIDDLE EAST PROTESTS: IRAN AND EGYPT FACE NEW CHALLENGES

The aftershocks of last week's overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak continued to resound Monday, not no more than in Egypt but all the way across the Middle East to Iran. And it was the democratic challenge to Iran's leaders by means of crowds on Tehran's streets, reported to number tens of thousands, which the Obama Administration chose to emphasize. desk of State Hillary Clinton expressed U.S. support for the Iranian demonstrators.

 

Since bidding farewell to stalwart U.S. ally Mubarak last Friday, the Administration has insistently pressed the question of democracy in Iran - less so in other places, where challenges to long-standing U.S. allies such as Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Algeria's military-based regime and Bahrain's monarchy have also continued to gather steam. See TIME's complete coverage of Egypt.

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