Iran’s unloved revolution and the bomb

Iran’s unloved revolution and the bomb

This February, Iran’s revolution turned 46. Middle age usually brings a measure of wisdom, as people cast aside aspirations of youth and come to terms with hard truths. But Iran’s Islamists are forever young. Too attached to their ideological verities to accept history’s verdict, they press on with their mission to redeem. The Islamic Republic is at an impasse. Its leaders cannot change; its public already has. The mullahs promised much in 1979.…