Force for change Iran's general elections has turned the country's focus sharply on the nation's young people. A whole new generation has been born and grown up since the previous generation helped bring about the Islamic revolution 21 years ago.
Young people have little fun.
Two thirds of the population are under 30 and many of them are fed up with the restrictions on their daily lives. They have now strengthened the movement for change by helping his supporters wrest control of parliament from the conservatives. President Khatami did not intervene. But students do not necessarily hold that against him. ''We must pay for everything we get, and that was the payment for liberty,'' says another student whose belongings were burnt in the attack. He says they want more freedom and believes most students think Mr Khatami is the man to deliver it.