Iran's opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi's been busy remaking himself. He has founded Green Way of Hope, a "grass-roots and social network" to advocate democracy in the Persian republic, though he's said little else in the way of what the group will do. Since the government continues to try protesters in kangaroo courts, that tack is likely to have mixed results. On the one hand it'll make it harder for his political enemies to find a pretext to jail him. On the other hand, it'll make it harder for his supporters to rally around him. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for his part, is trying something completely different. He's naming two women to cabinet posts. The Ministry of Health post will go to Dr Marziyeh Vahid Dastjerdi, with the Ministry of Welfare post will go to Fatemah Ajourlou. There may be one more post filled by a female in his government when his full list is presented later in the week. At this point, Moussavi and Ahmadinejad seem to be in a race to see who can remake the face of Iran. The questions are 1) who will cross the finish line first, and 2) who's change will actually be meaningful.
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