As many students at the University of Tehran risk their lives protesting the regime after one of their own was allegedly murdered by security agents, and as the drought-stricken people of Dehdasht struggle for survival—many of them arrested for daring to demand basic rights—a devoted band of royalist cheerleaders has apparently concluded that the real priority is declaring Reza Pahlavi the "leader of the revolution." Because, of course, nothing screams "revolutionary leadership" like watching from afar while others do the bleeding.