Why doesn't the media leave Iran alone

The Western media are excited in their obsession with Iran. CNN, BBC, VOA, some other news channels and many Western newspapers haven't even bothered to look for headlines news for the past several days because Iran has been there, undergoing a "new revolution".

What is happening in Iran - on the surface - has all the juicy elements that appeal to Western minds: a "rigged election", violence, bloodshed and a quest for freedom and democracy.

A "color revolution" on the model of Georgia or Ukraine is taking place, the Washington Post has declared gleefully. News channels, newspapers and websites are scrambling with each other in the one-upmanship game of "we brought it to you first".