By Andrew L. Jaffee

Iranian students today braved their county’s notoriously brutal “security” forces by demonstrating against the Islamist dictatorship:

An estimated 100 students staged a rare demonstration Monday against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling him a “dictator” and scuffling with hardline students at Tehran University.

Ahmadinejad, who was giving a speech to a select group at the university to mark the beginning of the academic year, ignored the chants of “death to the dictator” and continued with his speech on the merits of science and the pitfalls of Western-style democracy, witnesses said. …

Of course Ahmadinejad wants to avoid democracy, as it would put him out of a job and hold him accountable for his many crimes against humanity.