Iranian voters go to the polls today in an election being discussed in apocalyptic terms, as Iran’s next great awakening. Much of the popular excitement centers around Zahra Rahnavard, wife of reformist candidate Mir Hussein Moussavi, also known as Iran’s Michelle Obama. The 1979 revolution has brought conflicting results for women. It’s created sexual hypocrisy and fear of liberated women, as Janet Afary describes in her new book Sexual Politics in Modern Iran. But it’s also raised the average age of marriage and opened up opportunities for women. Rahnavard represents a slow awakening of... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)

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So Hanna Rosin you are saying that the woman doesn't actually do anything? I mean if she were Iran's Condoleezza Rice or Hillary Clinton then she would be worth mentioning. But all Michelle Obama does is smile for the camera's and lap up the mindless adoration of liberal sycophants. So what was really your point here?