Iran's elections and a possible CIA style coup... and the importance of communication media variety

الانتخابات التشريعية في ايران واحتمال الانقلاب على غرار وكالة المخابرات المركزية ، وعلى أهمية وسائل الاتصال المختلفة في أوقات الأزمات.

Reports indicate that one person has been killed and several others have been injured in shootings that broke out following a pro-Mousavi rally in Tehran.

Supporters of former premier Mir-Hossein Moussavi, who according to interior ministry figures suffered a crushing defeat in Friday's presidential election, gathered in central Tehran on Monday to voice their protest against what they called 'vote-rigging'.

Press TV's correspondent, who was at the scene of the mass rally, said that as protesters were beginning to disperse at sundown unidentified gunmen fired shots into the crowd, disrupting what was a peaceful rally up until the moment.

Following the rally some media reports claimed that one person was killed and a number of others sustained injuries. Press TV could not independently confirm the reports.

The pro-Moussavi supporters were disappointed with the official election results that Iran's interior ministry released in the early hours of Saturday.

According to the official figures, incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won the vote with 63 percent of the ballots cast in his favor. Iran's last prime minister has only managed to win about 33 percent of the vote, the official figures showed.

The Monday rally, which went ahead despite an Interior Ministry decision to deny the Moussavi camp a legal permit for the demonstration, was the largest among a series of sporadic protests since Saturday.

Moussavi, who has not admitted defeat, was present at the rally, urging his supporters to remain calm. Fellow defeated candidate Mehdi Karroubi, who has also questioned the outcome of the vote, also attended the demonstration.

Reformist figure and former president, Mohammad Khatami was also present at the rally.

Moussavi has filed a complaint with the election supervising body, the Guardian Council, calling for the results to be annulled. By law the Guardian Council is required to address the complaints within a week to ten days.
(PressTV)

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[sasmick1]

how would you know anything at all living in nz.the president is in russia and if you got to watch todays news rather than last weeks today then you would know this.He is over there bone smokin and buying stuff that you dont want too run into fella,Take it from someone whos been there and has studied iran laws and politics for twenty years.go back to your comic book fella

[divinacomedias]

Why should the President elect, unless proven otherwise, not accomplish his diplomatic duties?

[blackjackjesus]

from the must see astonishing movie-THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED- ... actually it's to complex I wouldn' t make a comparison btw the situation of in venezuela & iran... of course cia have their finger anywhere... now it's no more on tv but on twitter

[divinacomedias]

Yes, it's on TV AND the internet :) this is the electronic and technological unconventional warfare battleground mentioned in the PNAC document "Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century"

You are right the situation in Venezuela and Iran is not quite the same.

[boredguy299]

Don't be so arrogant. You're underestimating the CIA. Look at what they did in Chile, in Venezuela, in Guatemala etc.. Propaganda is a major part of the CIA. To think otherwise is to ignore history.

[sasua741]

FUCKING CIA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REVOLUTION IN IRAN

This is all Iranian State Propaganda... Which just hate the fact that "The People are revolting because the Government is Evil!"

[abz3751678]

The sniper shots were heartless disgusting filthy CIA.

[111256able]

This is the problem of democracy.when one candidate loses he brings his supporters to the street. what you get??bloodshed ..if this is the case,why have election in the first place?When there is a riot, outside forces or enemies of the nations can sent sniper to kill somebody in the crowd.then what happen?yes anarchy because the winner can also bring his supporters to the street and we have civil unrest!!!!

[formula406mpfi]

The camera doesn't lie. You kill someone. It's right there for eeryone to see. The camera is the most powerful device ever invented. Dictators beware!

[ArashIrani]

Dictators and self proclaimed sultan like Khamenie fail to understand the history has proved them wrong and whatever they say has no effect upon the masses because they symbolize everything bad and evil about their regimes.

[ArashIrani]

In 1979 Mohamed Reza Pahlavi blamed the unrest on conspiracy of reds( communist) and black (Islamist) and blamed Britain and USSR. Shah left the country in tears and never returned & he was remembered as a symbol of dictatorship.

[ArashIrani]

In 1907 Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar dissolved Majles (Iranian parliament/National assembly) and declared the Constitution abolished because it was contrary to Islamic law. He bombarded the Majles with the military and with political support of Russia and blamed the unrests on Britain. He abdicated following a new Constitutional Revolution and he was remembered as a symbol of dictatorship.

[archetype1979]

to say that the cia doesnt support regime change in iran is...