The Revolutionary Guards are really in charge

ARTICLE: Iran Is Said to Arrest Wives of Many Prominent Detainees, By NAZILA FATHI, New York Times, October 23, 2009

Very clear sign that the Revolutionary Guards aren't hiding the fact that they're in charge: they're unafraid to announce that dominance even at supposedly off-limit sites (or with regard to previously off-limit targets):

Iranian authorities arrested the wives and family members of a number of high-profile political detainees at a religious ceremony in Tehran, several reformist Web sites reported Friday.

When mullahs now complain, it's like listening to Trotsky in late-1920s USSR--so very OBE.