Iran from Egypt, and Egypt from Iran

"Parliament and Khamenei imagined a religiously-inspired coefficient in the overthrow of President Ben Ali in Tunisia, the first revolution in the Middle East/North Africa since 1979, and Mousavi’s camp too saw its own reflection. The instance reveals that dominant national narratives in Iran about revolutionary history since the overthrow of Reza Shah in 1979, beyond their obfuscating and self-interested nature, have diminished the political memory necessary to inspire, influence, and ultimately mobilize radical uprising. This is why Mousavi’s statement wholly ignored his own base, which was said to be dismally uttering the refrain, ‘Tunis tunest, Iran natunest‘ (Tunisia could, Iran couldn’t), a reflection of the Green mobilization’s resentment with the dimmed achievements of the 2009 protests." (thanks Maryam)