The Land of Firdousi

For those of you who have been following events the past week in Iran, the land where it is quite possible the game of chess as we recognize it first became amalgamated, I've been following the blogs at The New York Times and the Guardian.co.uk. This is from The Lede at The New York Times tonight: Update 6:21 p.m. A Twitter feed that seems to be associated with the Moussavi campaign posted this message one hour ago: Mousavi & Karoubi ask supporters NOT to attend Friday prayers (which is being delivered by supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei) Update 6:09 p.m. Iran’s Press TV reports that the country’s Supreme Leader will be leading the prayers on Friday at a university in the capital: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei will lead this week’s Friday prayers in Tehran University. “The massive turnout of the Iranian nation in the Friday prayers congregation will manifest the solidarity and unity among Iranians,” IRNA quoted Iran’s Friday prayers headquarters as saying. The Guardian reports that Iran’s chief cleric, who also heads its government, “is expected to combine a call for calm tomorrow with a warning of severe consequences if protests continue.” I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow, but I don't have a good feeling. I hope I am wrong.