Robert Tait, of The Guardian, has been thrown out of Iran. It’s bad news for anyone trying to understand the place, because he was one of the very best, and his manifest professionalism and refusal to cater to the censors in Tehran made it inevitable he’d be shut down. It could have been worse, actually; remember that Canadian journalist who was beaten to death in Evin prison?

Best wishes to Robert Tait, who covered a nasty place under what must have been difficult circumstances (the mullahs tried to drive him out some months ago, as the story recounts). If he ever makes it to Washington I’ll invite him to AEI to tell us all about it.