An op-ed by Mohsen Sazegara in the Boston Globe, written just before Iran's 2009 presidential election. He argues that a Mousavi or Karroubi win would end Ahmadinejad's term but not Khamenei's real power. Recalling the Khatami years, he describes a parallel intelligence network of secret prisons, torture and warrantless arrests that drew on the Revolutionary Guard, Basij and other bodies. He cites his own 114-day detention in Evin's Section 325 and warns these abuses could return under a reformist president.