Iran makes Atwood's Handmaid's Tale seem like a nice society - morality police thugs that beat women into submission for wearing their hair down or choosing jeans deemed to "western" by the pious modesty guards. Couple that with power centered around fanatic religious zealots who enrich themselves under the guise of defending a revolution. After Iran smashed the 2009 green revolution with an iron fist and Obama responded with a weak-kneed political impotence that went on to highlight his Presidency - Iran showed the world that the ruling Mullahs will stop at nothing to keep the zealots in charge.