I believe that Khomeinei died and didn't leave a clear successor, but his hand picked mullahs took over from him and now run the place in his image.
I never did fully hear what was going on in there.
But with the student coup last year that they put down, the hold of the Mullahs has got to be slipping.
All this war talk is getting me excited.
That reminds me of one poster's tag "I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar."
Cracks me up, everytime.
There is nothing in the world that makes me prouder than seeing our military men in uniform overseas. They always look so good, organized, on top of things... not to mention all those guns :)