Iranian Elections : Don't Assume Ahmadinejad Really Lost

don't seem to be..

but the violence is disturbing

"One of the only reliable, Western polls conducted in the run-up to the vote gave the election to Ahmadinejad — by higher percentages than the 63% he actually received. The poll even predicted that Mousavi would lose in his hometown of Tabriz, a result that many skeptics have viewed as clear evidence of fraud. The poll was taken all across Iran, not just the well-heeled parts of Tehran. Still, the poll should be read with a caveat as well, since some 50% of the respondents were either undecided or wouldn't answer."

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1904953,00.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-irans-day-...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/14/iran-election-ahmadinejad...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a9AEQqeXsq28
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40360220090616
http://www.poligazette.com/2009/06/16/wheres-the-audacity-to-hope-for-iran/
http://www.rferl.org/content/Seven_Reported_Killed_In_Iran_Clashes/1754908.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNaZpAHcXkI


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[seannouri]

why if there are ppl who u think are ugly, but they might be genius or talented in many many other ways or hardworking, why u shitty "white" ppl cant handle that. Why do u think darker skin ppl should always suffer or be the ones dying, and if someone who is darker alittle is more succesful than u, u wanna kill yourself or hurt someone.

[battim]

racism much?

[mike4ty4]

Why was it good for it to be quiet until this point? How can you get things to happen with something quiet?

[mike4ty4]

I don't have a problem with the idea. Anyone in the World can have genius, white, black, Asian, whatever...

[thuderbay]

As an Iranian national.I would have voted for Ahmadinezhad myself because I see Ahmadinezhad to have more of socialist leanings, but at the same time I construe the agitation as a positive movement to loosen the clerical grip on power.

[Democrat2020]

fucking bahai+jews behind terro

کو روش و پا ر سها ا ز هند به ا یر ا ن آمدند و با ما د ر و خو ا هر خو د شا ن همبستر می شد ند و به ا ین علت فا ر سها ز شت و خبیث هستند و ا یر ا ن قا بل ا صلا ح نیست چو ن کو ر و ش کثیف ا یر ا ن ر ا د ر ست کر د ه ا ست-2500 سا ل فر هنگ شا هنشا هی و بها ئی = فحا شی , تجا وز ,

[SaeedBaba]

Iranians are unhappy with the government.

The fraud was a reason to explode. There

can be no doubt that the election was riiged.

70 % of population leave in cities only 30% leave in roaral areas. Assuming AhamdiNejad won by 63% is to unreal when you look at what is happening in cities.

[MeredithWaters]

Subjective reasoning is certainty that there was no foul play in the election, which you have no proof of. Unless you feel that the Ayatollah is sacrosanct proof, which is revealing. You are dealing with your opinion/agenda which is based on narrow assumption that votes were counted properly. The protests are valid and embrace a wide range of problematic gov't issues with a 'democracy' within dictatorship, and it is actually that larger picture that is of greater relevance.

[battim]

Yes a strike was called for by the crowds. It was ignored. That is teeling. Ny info came from persian sources as well as arabic sources. Can u name one source that claims that the majoroty of folks voted for moussavi. None of the independant polls indicated it. In fact notihng indicates. You offered no proof. Just subjective reasoning. I source mine in the side bar

[MeredithWaters]

You have made an intelligent conclusion based on what you have observed, as a US citizen who is accumstomed to perceiving events in the Middle East by what you have seen on TV or read on the internet. Respectable. However, being a dual US-Persian national, talking to people and firsthand experience, every1 I've spoken to and every1 they've spoken to all voted for Mousavi. Change has been in the air in Iran for awhile, and for good reason, a lot of it has been quiet. Unions strikes? Please.