Just got this from noted muckraker Greg Palast. More evidence of the GOP using the system to punish whistleblowers.

Here's an interesting twist to the ever-evolving recent coverage of Iranian student protests....the ones that pResident Bush is using to draw sympathy for a US-lead "regime change" in Iran. Turns out the roots of these protests are coming from the Ministry of Science and Technologies' desire to privatize the university system in Iran - a move that has been protested by students who cannot afford to pay.

It also sounds like some "foreign elements" have sought to hijack this protest in hopes of making it look like open revolt against the Iranian government. Can anyone say CIA?

Meanwhile, more Iranians attempt self-immolation in protest to the arrests of Iranian exiles in France.

Keep watching this story....