Freedom for Iran?

There has been a good bit of fevered speculation in the world press about Iran's opposition movement, as if it were pressing for full freedom for the people of Iran. As one more down-to-earth writer put it, however, this is much more like the battle in the book and movie "The Godfather", between the Corleone family and the Tattaglia family - no good guys, just bad and worse. In fact both sides in this confrontation have a lot to lose - politically and financially - if the current system falls apart. So really this isn't a battle for the freedom of the average Iranian; it's a battle for who will control the levers of power in what is, in essence, simply a dictatorship.