Countless Iranians have taken to the streets, challenging the outcome of the country’s recent presidential poll, and forcing Iran’s powerful Guardian Council to agree to recount disputed votes. A fortnight ago this would have not seemed possible. What are the implications for the rest of the Middle East: states where the outcome of elections is invariably a foregone conclusion, and others where the concept of an election – free or otherwise – is non-existent? Anxiously watching, oppressive regimes in the region may be trembling at the thought that events currently unfolding in Iran will, at some point, spill over to their own oppressed populations. It was the power of the internet which recently helped Obama transcend the racial divide, becoming his country’s first black president. And once more, here, the internet is being utilized to incredible effect by young Iranian protesters, some with their symbolic green wristbands, "twittering" their way towards change. When it comes to blogging, Farsi is second only to English; there are more blogs per capita in Iran than anywhere else. Perhaps Middle East dictatorships will be dreading the day when Arabic finally takes its rightful place in the blogosphere. Many in the Middle East, however, are already anxious for this time to come!