"Both sides claim victory in Iran's elections; Huge turnout is reported Mousavi warns fraud possible" by Anna Johnson and Brian Murphy, Associated Press | June 13, 2009
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) greeted his supporters before casting his ballot in Iran's hotly contested presidential elections yesterday in Tehran. Leading challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, his finger inked, flashed a victory sign after casting his vote on the outskirts of Tehran. (Ben Curtis/Associated Press)
TEHRAN - Iran's interior ministry says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a commanding lead after 61 percent of votes were tallied, but his pro-reform rival countered that he was the clear victor and warned of possible fraud in the election.
Ahmadinejad took 66.1 percent in the presidential vote yesterday while Mir Hossein Mousavi, his leading challenger, had 31.6 percent, according to Kamran Daneshjoo, a senior official with the Interior Ministry, which oversees the voting.
Daneshjoo said Ahmadinejad was headed toward victory. The dispute arose even before polls closed early today, heightening tensions across the capital where emotions have been running at a fever pitch. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the reformist candidate, suggested he might challenge the results.
The messy and tense outcome capped a long day of voting, which was extended for six hours to accommodate a huge turnout. It raised worries that Iran's Islamic establishment could use its vast powers to pressure backers of Mousavi.
During the voting, text messages, a key campaign tool for reformers, were blocked - as were some pro-Mousavi websites. Security officials warned they would not tolerate political gatherings or rallies before the final results were known.
Even before the first vote counts were released, Mousavi held a news conference to declare himself "definitely the winner" based on "all indications from all over Iran." But he gave nothing more to back up his assertion and alleged widespread voting irregularities without giving specifics, suggesting he was ready to challenge the final results.
Moments after Mousavi spoke, however, Iran's state news agency reported that Ahmadinejad was the victor. The report by the Islamic Republic News Agency also gave no details. It was not reported whether the results were from locations considered Ahmadinejad strongholds or where Mousavi hoped to make headway.
The turnout was not immediately known, but election officials had predicted a possible record among the 46.2 million eligible voters. During the voting, some communications across Iran were disrupted; Internet connections slowed dramatically in some spots, affecting the operations of news organizations including The Associated Press. It was not clear what had caused the disruptions.
A high turnout was expected to help Mousavi, who is counting on an outpouring from what's been called his "green tsunami" - the signature color of his campaign and the new banner for reformists seeking wider liberties at home and a gentler face for Iran abroad.
The president does not have the power to direct high-level policies, which are dictated solely by the ruling clerics. But the election focused on what the office can influence: boosting Iran's sinking economy, pressing for greater media and political freedoms, and being Iran's main envoy to the world.
Voters streamed to polling sites from the early morning until midnight. Some waited for hours in temperatures that hit 113 degrees in Iran's central desert or in nighttime downpours that lashed many parts of the country. In Tehran, a bride in her wedding gown cast her ballot. Families making traditional Friday visits to relatives' graves filed into polling stations in the capital's sprawling cemetery.
Results are expected today. But worries about the volatile atmosphere were obvious....
There were sporadic claims by Mousavi's aides of voting irregularities, including ballots running out in some provincial sites, but they could not be independently verified. About a dozen Ahmadinejad supporters pelted a Mousavi office in Tehran with tear gas canisters, but no one was injured, said Saeed Shariati, head of Mousavi's Web campaign. The attack could not be independently confirmed.
Pffft!
In a possible complication for Mousavi's backers, Iran's mobile phone text messaging system was down. Many Iranians, especially young voters, frequently use text messages to spread election information quickly to friends and family.
Only weeks ago, Ahmadinejad seemed ready to coast to reelection with the reformist ranks in disarray. But Mousavi's bid began to gain traction with young voters with his Web outreach and hip "green" rallies. Suddenly, the 67-year-old Mousavi, who served as prime minister in the 1980s, became the hero of a powerful youth-driven movement.
Funded by ZIONIST NEO-CONS!!
"I hope to defeat Ahmadinejad today," said Mahnaz Mottaghi, 23, after casting her ballot at a mosque in central Tehran. Outside the same polling station, 29-year-old Abbas Rezai said he, his wife and his sister-in-law all voted for Ahmadinejad....
Gee, three-to-one for Ahmadinejad, huh?
And WTF are WOMEN doing VOTING in IRAN?
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And the winner?
"Iran declares win for Ahmadinejad in disputed vote" by Ali Akbar Dareini and Anna Johnson, Associated Press Writers | June 13, 2009
Iranians stop to look at the morning's newspapers at a street kiosk in central Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 13, 2009. Hard-line incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was heading for a surprise landslide with nearly 80 percent of votes counted in Iran's stormy presidential elections, the Interior Ministry said early Saturday, but his pro-reform rival Mir Hossein Mousavi countered that he was the clear victor and accused authorities of fraud. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
TEHRAN, Iran --Iran declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner Saturday of an election that pitted the conservative establishment against candidate with broad backing from the country's youth. Riot police attacked opposition supporters, beating them with clubs and smashing cars.
A statement from Mousavi posted on his Web site condemned what he described as the "manipulation" of election results. Demonstrators wearing the trademark green color of Mir Hossein Mousavi chanted slogans condemning the results that gave 62.6 percent of the vote to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Protesters set fire to tires outside the Interior Ministry in the most serious unrest in Tehran in a decade. Witnesses also said a commercial bank elsewhere in the city was set on fire.
Agent provocateurs.
Police attacked the demonstrators near the Interior Ministry, where the election results were announced, beating them with clubs and smashing cars. Police also moved to disperse any large gatherings of people around the city. An Associated Press photographer saw a plainclothes security official beating a woman with his truncheon.
In another main street of Tehran some 300 young people blocked the avenue by forming a human chain chanted "Ahmadi, shame on you. Leave the government alone." Iranian authorities said that Mousavi only took 33.75 percent of the vote in a contest that was widely perceived to be much closer than the official results.
ONLY in the ZIONIST AmeriKan MSM!!!
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, thanked the people for their record 85 percent participation and warned opposition candidates to "avoid provocative behavior."
"I assume that enemies intend to eliminate the sweetness of the election with their hostile provocation," he said in his televised address. He called the results a "divine assessment" and called on all the candidates to support the president.
Nationwide, the text messaging system remained down Saturday and several pro-Mousavi Web sites were blocked or difficult to access. Text messaging is frequently used by many Iranians -- especially young Mousavi supporters -- to spread election news.And now it is apparently a government tool for coups!
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And this is sure a surprise, huh?
"Israeli officials: Iran vote shows growing threat" by Karin Laub, Associated Press Writer | June 13, 2009
Hey, TAKE 'EM ON YOURSELF and LEAVE US OUT of it!
JERUSALEM --The apparent re-election of hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underscores the growing threat posed by Tehran and its nuclear ambitions, two senior Israeli politicians said Saturday, urging the world not to engage in dialogue with Iran....
In other words, act like Israelis.
A count in Iran pointed to a landslide victory by Ahmadinejad, though his opponent, reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi, denounced the results as "treason" and threatened a challenge....
Ayalon also said that there was no difference between the incumbent and Mousavi concerning "the nuclear issue and terror," an apparent reference to Iran's support for the Palestinian militant faction Hamas and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.
"With the results of the Iranian elections, the international community has to stop the Iran's nuclear problem and terrorism from Iran immediately," Ayalon said....
The Palestinians also watched the Iranian vote closely. Iran is a major patron of Hamas, the Islamic militant group that overran Gaza two years ago, ousting the forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas....
I've always wondered why SHI'ITE IRAN would HELP SUNNI HAMAS.
You CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, S*** MSM!
And ONCE AGAIN, NOTHING about Hamas WINNING ELECTIONS and REPELLING a COUP!
"Clashes erupt in Iran over disputed election"by Ali Akbar Dareini and Anna Johnson, Associated Press Writers | June 13, 2009
TEHRAN, Iran --Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities claimed the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. The rival candidate said the vote was tainted by widespread fraud and his followers responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in a decade.
By nightfall, cell phone service appeared to have been cut in the capital Tehran. And Ahmadinejad, in a nationally televised victory speech, accused the foreign media of coverage that harms the Iranian people. There was more rioting at night and fires continued to burn on the streets of Tehran.
Well, it is ZIONIST-OWNED and OPERATED, isn't it?
Several hundred demonstrators -- many wearing the trademark green colors of pro-reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi's campaign -- chanted "the government lied to the people" and gathered near the Interior Ministry as the final count from Friday's presidential election was announced. It gave 62.6 percent of the vote to Ahmadinejad and 33.75 to Mousavi -- a former prime minister who has become the hero of a youth-driven movement seeking greater liberties and a gentler face for Iran abroad.
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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, closed the door on any chance he could use his limitless powers to intervene in the disputes from Friday's election. In a message on state TV, he urged the nation to unite behind Ahmadinejad, calling the result a "divine assessment."
Mousavi rejected the result as rigged and urged his supporters to resist a government of "lies and dictatorship." "I'm warning that I won't surrender to this manipulation," said a statement on Mousavi's Web site....
The demonstrations began Saturday morning shortly before the government announced the final results. Protesters set fire to tires outside the Interior Ministry and anti-riot police fought back with clubs and smashed cars. Helmeted police on foot and others on buzzing motorcycles chased bands of protesters roaming the streets pumping their fists in the air. Officers beat protesters with swift blows from their truncheons and kicks with their boots. Some of the demonstrators grouped together to charge back at police, hurling stones.
Good thing stuff like that never happens in Ameri.... never mind.
Plumes of dark smoke streaked over the city, as burning barricades of tires and garbage bins glowed orange in the streets. Protesters also torched an empty bus, engulfing it in flames on a Tehran street. An Associated Press photographer saw a plainclothes security official beating a woman with his truncheon. Italian state TV RAI said one of its crews was caught in the clashes in front Mousavi's headquarters. Their Iranian interpreter was beaten with clubs by riot police and officers confiscated the cameraman's tapes, the station said....
There was no word on any casualties from the unrest. It was not clear how many Iranians were even aware of Mousavi's claims of fraud. Communications disruptions began in the later hours of voting Friday -- suggesting an information clampdown. State television and radio only broadcast the Interior Ministry's vote count and not Mousavi's midnight news conference.
After night fell, Tehran's cell phone network appeared to be down. When users tried to call cell phones, a message appeared on their phones saying "error in connection." There was no immediate comment from Iran's Telecommunications Ministry and it did not appear that cell phones were down throughout the country. Residents in several provinces say their service is working.
Nationwide, the text messaging system remained down Saturday and pro-Mousavi Web sites were blocked or difficult to access. Text messaging is frequently used by many Iranians -- especially young Mousavi supporters -- to spread election news. It was also difficult to access social networking sites such as Facebook, which Mousavi's campaign used to galvanize supporters.
This is SO DIFFERENT than what the BLOGS are reporting!
WTF, lying AmeriKan MSM?
Ahmadinejad called on the public to respect the vote and attacked the foreign media's coverage.
"All political and propaganda machines abroad and sections inside the country have been mobilized against the nation. They have launched the heaviest propaganda and psychological war against the Iranian nation. Many global networks continuously worked, employing very complicated methods, that work against our nation and arranged a full-fledged battle against us."
He knows.
Mousavi's campaign headquarters urged people to show restraint....
By punching their fists in the air?
And then GET THIS!
Even before the vote counting began, Mousavi declared himself "definitely the winner" based on "all indications from all over Iran." He accused the government of "manipulating the people's vote" to keep Ahmadinejad in power and suggested the reformist camp would stand up to challenge the results....
At Tehran University -- the site of the last major anti-regime unrest in Tehran in 1999 -- the academic year was winding down and there was no sign of pro-Mousavi crowds. But university exams, scheduled to begin Saturday, were postponed until next month around the country. In the capital, several Ahmadinejad supporters cruised the streets waving Iranian flags out of car windows and shouting "Mousavi is dead!"Yeah, his are only "several" and they are shouting for death!
Sigh.
The election outcome will not sharply alter Iran's main policies or sway major decisions, such as possible talks with Washington or nuclear policies. Those crucial issues rest with the ruling clerics headed by Khamenei. But the election focused on what the office can influence: boosting Iran's sinking economy, pressing for greater media and political freedoms, and being Iran's main envoy to the world. Iran does not allow international election monitors.
NEITHER DOES the U.S. or ISRAEL, so FUCK OFF!!!!!!
During the 2005 election, when Ahmadinejad won the presidency, there were some allegations of vote rigging from losers, but the claims were never investigated.
Oh, like in 2004 !!!!??
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What CRAP MEDIA we have in Amerika, huh?
"Iranian election uproar tests US; Hard-liner declared victor as unrest flares; Outcome complicates Obama's plan for talks" by Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | June 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - Iranian election officials declared yesterday that incumbent hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Iran's hotly contested presidential election in a landslide, prompting riots in Tehran from voters alleging election fraud and raising fears in Washington that President Obama's attempt to hold talks with the Iranian government will now be far more difficult.
"The world just got a lot more complicated for Obama," said Michael Rubin, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, who tracks and translates Persian-language news reports.
Obama has said he will try to engage Iran, regardless of the election results. Now Obama will be making his outreach to a regime that a wide swath of Iranians believe stole the election.
Oh, the Zionist Amerikan MSM has SOME NERVE, huh?
In recent weeks, hopes were raised in Iran and abroad that Ahmadinejad's rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, a former prime minister who campaigned for better relations with the world, had gained widespread popular support and a mandate for change.
So says the agenda-pushing Zionist script.
"It will be more difficult for Obama to get support from the people of America," said Meir Javedanfar, a Middle East analyst who has written a biography of Ahmadinejad....
No! Absolutely NOT! WE WANT HIM TALKING TO THEM no matter WHO their president is -- that's the Iranians decision -- and WE DEFINITELY do NOT WANT WAR with IRAN!
Administration officials were otherwise silent out of concern that any comments might influence the results, but they were privately hoping for a victory by Mousavi.
So the ISRAELI VOTE-RIGGERS are BETTER than AmeriKa's?
The election results stunned and dismayed many in Tehran, who had expected Mousavi to make a far stronger showing, due to a vigorous coalition of young people, women, and intellectuals, who camped out in the streets of Tehran wearing the signature green of his campaign, forming a human chain down 10 miles of a major boulevard last week in a show of their power. But Ahmadinejad, a populist who has increased subsidies to the poor, has cultivated strong support among rural Iranians, and made more trips to the provinces than any previous president.
But there is NO WAY he could have WON!!!!
Both sides claimed victory after the polls closed on Friday night. But Iran's state-owned news agency announced that Ahmadinejad had won by a vast margin just two hours after the polls closed following a record turnout of nearly 30 million voters, prompting suspicions of fraud....
Not here; only in the AmeriKan jewsmedia!
Mousavi immediately rejected the results.... After the results were announced, clashes broke out across central Tehran, as protesters set fire to tires outside the Interior Ministry and police fought back. Officers beat protesters with truncheons and kicked them. Some of the demonstrators grouped together to charge back at police, hurling stones. Plumes of dark smoke streaked over the city, as burning barricades of tires and garbage bins glowed orange in the streets. Protesters also torched an empty bus, engulfing it in flames....
Mousavi supporter Nasser Amiri, a hospital clerk in Tehran: "Almost everybody I know voted for Mousavi, but Ahmadinejad is being declared the winner. The government announcement is nothing but widespread fraud. It is very, very disappointing. I'll never, ever again vote in Iran."
I know how you feel!
It was not clear yesterday whether the riots were the last act of a bitter election campaign, or the beginning of a new era of political unrest. The powerful Revolutionary Guard cautioned Wednesday that it would crush any "revolution" against the Islamic regime by Mousavi's "green movement."
Ending all speculation about the outcome, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - the powerful cleric whose authority is greater than the president's - issued a statement yesterday calling the election a "divine blessing" and urging support for Ahmadinejad.
"This election signals the Supreme Leader's endorsement of Ahmadinejad's style," Rubin said. "A lot of people were arguing that the Supreme Leader didn't even support Ahmadinejad, but that was wishful thinking."
Although the United States and its allies, particularly Israel, are deeply critical of Ahmadinejad's confrontational style and his insistence that Iran continue enriching uranium, which US and Israeli officials believe is aimed at creating a nuclear weapon capability, many Iranians see him as a leader who has expanded Iran's power and whose unyielding stance prompted the United States to become more conciliatory.
It remains unclear now how Ahmadinejad will respond to Obama's invitation to nuclear talks, and to the legions of disappointed Mousavi supporters who campaigned for greater freedoms.
"A government elected with somewhat dubious circumstances and disputes may need to mollify public opinion at home" and be more flexible, said Walter Russell Mead, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Why? Bush didn't bother in 2004.
"On the other hand, they may read this as, 'we've got a mandate. Let's go ahead.' In that case, it is going to be hard for Obama."
So says the globalist puke.
"As Iran roils, US still hopes for talks; Biden points to doubts about election results" by Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | June 15, 2009
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will continue to seek talks with Iran's leaders despite an "awful lot of questions" about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim of reelection, Vice President Joe Biden said yesterday. The effort to tread a fine diplomatic line came as violent protests continued to flare in the Islamic Republic, and the opposition candidate called for a new election.
I believe the term is CHUTZPAH!
The contested election results put the Obama administration in a deepening bind on an issue that is one of the most important foreign policy matters facing the White House.
Because ISRAEL SAYS SO!
President Obama had called for an effort to renew ties between the countries, and his administration had hopes that Ahmadinejad's main rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, would triumph. But with Ahmadinejad claiming victory and Mousavi yesterday calling for the result to be annulled, the Obama administration yesterday tried to avoid taking sides....
In Tehran, the unrest yesterday was the worst at least since student-led protests 10 years ago. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets to denounce the results of last week's election. Protesters have smashed windows and set some buildings on fire, while baton-wielding police raced to stifle the dissent. There was no official word on casualties.
Iranian authorities shut down some Internet sites and text-messaging systems that had been used by Mousavi supporters to organize resistance. ABC News aired footage last night of police spraying tear gas and dispersing thousands of protesters.
Oh, ABC, huh?
See: Slow Saturday Special: AmeriKa's MSM Admits Its Sources Are S***
"I urge you, Iranian nation, to continue your nationwide protests in a peaceful and legal way," Mousavi said in a statement. ABC reported that he and some other opposition leaders were under house arrest.
Why should we believe them?
Biden stressed that the protests in Iran against the election results - and the action against some Mousavi supporters by Iranian security forces - raised "real doubts" about whether the elections were democratic. He also acknowledged in the interview that he had once called Ahmadinejad a "madman" and "the crazy president," but he said yesterday that he and other administration officials were now compelled to speak carefully.
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Even Biden's effort to tread carefully in his remarks represented a stronger tone than was used by the administration on Saturday, when White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement that the White House was monitoring reports of voting irregularities.
Under Israel's thumb, Joe, who once said:
"I am a Zionist. You don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist."
Biden said that the United States has to accept "for the time being" Iran's statement that Ahmadinejad was reelected, but then said "we don't have enough facts . . . to make a firm judgment."
WTF does THAT MEAN? For the TIME BEING?
And not having facts is nothing new for this government!
Senator John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, said last night that he shares "the concern of thousands in Iran and millions around the world about the announced results of Iran's presidential election."
WHERE WERE YOU in 2004, a**hole?
He said that the United States "must have no illusions about the developments" in Iran, where he said the "hard-line clerics and their allies demonstrated that they intend to remain firmly in control of the government and its policies." Kerry said that "underscores how vitally important it is to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons."
Yeah, even if they AIN'T BUILDING ONE!
As for the election results, Trita Parsi, the president of the US-based Iranian-American Council, said that while "there is an overwhelming perception this was not a fair election," it may never be known whether the results were rigged....
Biden said yesterday that "we are not going to allow Iran to go nuclear any more than the rest of the world is going to allow it to go nuclear."
I didn't know Israel was the rest of the world.
Biden said in his NBC appearance that he doesn't think Iran is a democracy and noted the power of Khamenei and other leaders.
I don't think AmeriKa is! I mean, we vote, but SO WHAT?
NOTHING CHANGES!!!
"This is a regime, it's not a single person," Biden said. "The supreme leader is, by all accounts, the supreme leader. And so I doubt whether there's anything that can be done . . . ."
Then WHY the KERFLUFFLE over what Ahmadinejad says?
Analysts said last night it remained to be seen whether the election would lead to a new round of crackdowns on dissent, or whether the Iranian government eventually would try to institute some reforms to mollify some opponents.
After the way they have acted?
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Of course, the AGENDA-PUSHING CONTINUES with THIS PROTEST COVERAGE!
"A world away, calls of fraud echo; Group of Iranians in Harvard Square protests election" by John R. Forrester, Globe Correspondent | June 15, 2009
I'll bet the selective Globe approves.
CAMBRIDGE - About 100 demonstrators gathered yesterday in Harvard Square to voice their outrage over the results of Iran's presidential race, which they said were fraudulently skewed in favor of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
On Saturday, Iranian election officials declared a landslide victory for Ahmadinejad in a vote that had been projected to be a close battle between reformers and incumbent hard-liners.
Yeah, and Ahmadinejad was outpolling the guy 2-to-1 three weeks before the election.
Iran's state-owned news agency had named Ahmadinejad the victor shortly after polls closed Friday after nearly 30 million Iranians voted, making some suspect the results were fraudulent. When the news broke, Mir Hossein Mousavi, who was the leading reform candidate and who also claimed victory, rejected the results and protests broke out across central Tehran.
Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, a visiting scholar at the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and a former member of the Iranian parliament, said the international community needs to "condemn the election" and should not recognize Ahmadinejad as the president.
Then they should condemn every single one!
"If this were real, why did they arrest members of the opposition parties? If there was no fraud, why the massive arrests? You can see this is sort of a coup d'etat," said Haghighatjoo as she stood on Brattle Street with demonstrators, many carrying signs.
Did they do that?
Demonstrators said yesterday's protest had no official organizers and information on the event had spread through word of mouth, e-mail, and Facebook....
I'm distrusting those Zionist tools more and more every day. The more they mention them, the more suspicious I am!
Farah Barazandeh said that although she voted for Ahmadinejad, the allegations are concerning. "If there was cheating on the people's vote, it's not democracy," said Barazandeh, 60, of Boston. "I'm not sure whether they cheated, but if they did, it's not the correct way."
Saying that she would "respect the people's vote" if a candidate other than Ahmadinejad was elected, Barazandeh urged the Iranian government to recount the votes to ensure the validity of the results. The game of politics is different in the Middle East, said an Iranian doctor who lives here now and who also declined to give his name.
I'm kind of tired of the Muslim-hating Zionist insults, aren't you?
"We want people in the United States to know that the statistics of this current election in Iran are entirely manipulated, something that is very hard to understand for people who have the luxury of living in a democratic environment," the doctor said.
And where would they be?
Passing out fliers at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Dunster Street, a 23-year-old student from Tehran who lives in Cambridge said he was at the protest "to spread the news so that the international community exerts some force on Iranian diplomats to recount the votes."
They are!
The man, who said he was one of the administrators for the protest's Facebook event page, said another motivation for his participation in the protest was that Western media were not accurately reporting on the election.
Now THAT I AGREE with!
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Translation? It was GOVERNMENT-APPROVED PROTEST!
Otherwise: Defense Department sees protests as terrorism
And LOOK at all the PRINT this is getting (sniff, sniff, agenda-pushing, coup-fomenting stink)
"Iran protester slain after huge pro-reform rally" by Anna Johnson and Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press Writers | June 15, 2009
TEHRAN, Iran --Gunfire from a pro-government militia killed one man and wounded several others Monday after hundreds of thousands of chanting opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marched in central Tehran to support their pro-reform leader in his first public appearance since disputed elections.
The outpouring in Azadi, or Freedom, Square for reformist leader Mir Hossein Mousavi followed a decision by Iran's most powerful figure for an investigation into the vote-rigging allegations.
Security forces watched quietly, with shields and batons at their sides. Later, a group of demonstrators with fuel canisters set a small fire at a compound of a volunteer militia linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard as the crowd dispersed from the square. As some tried to storm the building, people on the roof could be seen firing directly at the demonstrators at the northern edge of the square, away from the heart of the rally.
An Associated Press photographer saw one person fatally shot and at least two others who appeared to be seriously wounded. Witnesses told The Associated Press that protests and some violence had broken out in several cities across Iran, including some traditionally seen as more conservative.
The BLOGS are RIGHT! This IS a REPLAY of 1953!
The United States was "deeply troubled" by reports of violence and arrests in Iran, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said, but he added that the U.S. knows too little about the conduct of the election to say for sure whether there was fraud.
After what has happened in AmeriKa, shut the fuck up!
The chanting demonstrators had defied an Interior Ministry ban and streamed into central Tehran -- an outpouring for Mousavi that swelled as more poured from buildings and side streets. The crowd -- many wearing the trademark green color of Mousavi's campaign -- was more than five miles (nine kilometers) long, and based on previous demonstrations in the square and surrounding streets, its size was estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands.
But when it is Ahmadinejad it is "several." Pfffft!
"I am ready to pay any price to materialize the ideals of you dear people," he said, speaking though a portable loudspeaker. "People feel their wisdom has been insulted. We have to pursue legal channels to regain our trampled rights and stop this last lie, and stand up to fraud and this astonishing charade."
Mousavi, wearing a gray striped shirt, said his solution was "canceling the result of this disputed election." "This will have the least cost for our nation. Otherwise, nothing will remain of people's trust in the government and ruling system."
The crowd roared back: "Long live Mousavi."
One placard said, in English: "This is not election. This is selection." Other marchers held signs proclaiming "We want our vote!" and they raised their fingers in a V-for-victory salute.
But THEY SPEAK FARSI!!!
"We want our president, not the one who was forced on us," said 28-year-old Sara, who gave only her first name because she feared reprisal from authorities.
As darkness fell, cries of "Allahu akbar!" -- "God is great!" -- were heard across central Tehran as people gathered on rooftops for a second straight night. On Sunday night, Ahmadinejad opponents shouted "Death to the dictator!"
Oh. So THEY are NO BETTER than HIS CROWD, huh?
The protest bore deep historic resonance -- it was how the leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini asked Iran to unite against the Western-backed shah 30 years earlier.
And what about the U.S role in installing and supporting that monster, the Saddam Hussein of Iran?
Elsewhere in Iran, witnesses saw hundreds of Mousavi supporters gathered in the heart of the central city of Esfahan. Some broke windows of police stations and buildings belonging to the government's Revolutionary Courts, tribunals designated for crimes against the principles of the Islamic ruling system.
How come Obama is NOT CONDEMNING THAT VIOLENCE, huh?
Thousands gathered at a university in the northeastern city of Mashhad, witnesses told the AP by phone. In other parts of the town, generally seen as more conservative than Tehran, there were scattered gatherings, and police with batons beat demonstrators.
Police in the southern city of Shiraz fired in the air to disperse several pro-Mousavi gatherings. Police Gen. Ali Moayeri of the Fars Province police told reporters that officers had been "authorized to shoot. From now on we will respond harshly."
One of Mousavi's Web sites said a student protester was killed early Monday in clashes with plainclothes hard-liners in Shiraz. In the heavily Arab city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border, about 2,000 people chanted, "We don't want a dictator!" Police attacked some of them with batons.
Most media are not allowed to travel beyond Tehran and thus can not independently confirm protests elsewhere.
So they are just PARROTING what the PLOTTERS are TWITTERING, ''eh?
And the AmeriKan MSM is calling it "news?"
Earlier Monday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directed one of Iran's most influential bodies, the Guardian Council, to examine the election claims. But the move by Khamenei -- who had earlier welcomed the election results -- had no guarantee it would satisfy those challenging Ahmadinejad's re-election or quell days of rioting after Friday's election that left parts of Tehran scarred by flames and shattered store fronts.
The 12-member Guardian Council, made up of clerics and experts in Islamic law and closely allied to Khamenei, must certify ballot results and has the apparent authority to nullify an election. But it would be an unprecedented step. Claims of voting irregularities went to the council after Ahmadinejad's upset victory in 2005, but there was no official word on the outcome of the inquiry, and the vote stood.
More likely, the dramatic intervention by Khamenei could buy time in hopes of reducing the anti-Ahmadinejad anger. The prospect of spiraling protests and clashes is the ultimate nightmare for the Islamic establishment, which could be forced into back-and-forth confrontations and risks having the dissidents move past the elected officials and directly target the ruling theocracy.
Translation: That is USrael's PLAN!!!!
Government shootings of protesters before the Islamic Revolution set up a cycle of violence in which the shah's forces opened fire on demonstrators massing to mourn "martyrs" at the end of the 40-day Muslim mourning period. Forty days later, demonstrators gathered again, there were new shootings, and the cycle continued.
Yes, I KNOW!!!
Monday's massive display of opposition unity suggested a possible shift in tactics by authorities after cracking down hard on days of rioting. Although rallies were outlawed earlier, security forces were not ordered to move against the protesters.
State TV quoted Khamenei as ordering the Guardian Council to "carefully probe" the allegations of fraud, which were contained in a letter Mousavi submitted Sunday. On Saturday, however, Khamenei urged the nation to unite behind Ahmadinejad and called the result a "divine assessment."
The results touched off three days of the worst unrest in Tehran in a decade. Protesters set fires and battled riot police, including a clash overnight at Tehran University after about 3,000 students gathered to oppose the election results. Security forces have struck back with targeted arrests of pro-reform activists and by blocking text messaging and pro-Mousavi Web sites used to rally his supporters.
The unrest risked bringing splits among Iran's clerical elite, including some influential Shiite scholars raising concern about possible election irregularities and at least one member of the ruling theocracy, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, openly critical of Ahmadinejad in the campaign. According to a pro-Mousavi Web site, he sent a letter to senior clerics in Qom, Iran's main center of Islamic learning, to spell out his claims.
Which HURT Moussavi!
The accusations also have brought growing international concern. On Sunday, Vice President Joe Biden raised questions about whether the vote reflected the wishes of the Iranian people.
Britain and Germany joined the calls of alarm over the confrontations. In Paris, the Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador to discuss the allegations of vote tampering and the violence.
Un-fucking-real!!!!
Overnight, police and hard-line militia stormed Tehran University, ransacking dormitories and arresting dozens of students. The university was the site of serious clashes against student-led protests in 1999 and is one of the nerve centers of the pro-reform movement.
The gathering at the university started with students chanting "Death to the dictator." But it quickly erupted into clashes as students threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police, who fired tear gas and plastic bullets, a 25-year-old student who witnessed the fighting told the AP. He would only give one name, Akbar, out of fear for his safety.
They are called AGENT PROVOCATEURS, MSM!
The students set vehicles afire and hurled stones and bricks at the police, he said. Hard-line militia volunteers loyal to the Revolutionary Guard stormed the dormitories, ransacking student rooms and smashing computers and furniture, Akbar said.
WTF is with the REPETITIONS and ALL THIS PRINT, jewpress?
Must be PUSHING the COUP HARD!!!
Before leaving around 4 a.m., the police took memory cards and computer software material, Akbar said, adding that dozens of students were arrested. He said many students suffered bruises, cuts and broken bones in the scuffles.
"Many students are now leaving to go home to their families, they are scared," he said. "But others are staying. The police and militia say they will be back and arrest any students they see." "I want to stay because they beat us and we won't retreat," he added.
Yeah, whatever, western tool!
In Moscow, the Iranian Embassy said Ahmadinejad postponed his visit to Russia until Tuesday. Ahmadinejad had been expected to travel to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg and meet on Monday with President Dmitry Medvedev on the sidelines of a regional summit.
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That's got to be it for articles, right?
WRONG!!!!!
"Iranian protester killed after opposition rally" by Anna Johnson and Brian Murphy, Associated Press Writers | June 15, 2009
That's odd. My link said Supreme leader orders probe of Iran vote
TEHRAN, Iran --In a massive outpouring reminiscent of the Islamic Revolution three decades ago, hundreds of thousands of Iranians streamed through the capital Monday, and the fist-waving protesters denounced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim to victory in a disputed election.
Standing on a roof, gunmen opened fire on a group of protesters who had tried to storm a pro-government militia's compound. One man was killed and several others were wounded in the worst violence since the disputed election Friday. Angry men showed their bloody palms after cradling the dead and wounded who had been part of a crowd that stretched more than five miles (nearly 10 kilometers) supporting reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Hey, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET when you become a ZIONIST AGENT!
The huge rally -- and smaller protests around the country -- reinforced what has become increasingly clear since the election: the opposition forces rallying behind Mousavi show no signs of backing down. Their resolve appears to have pushed Iran's Islamic establishment into attempts to cool the tensions after days of unrest.
Translation: COUP FULL STEAM AHEAD!
In his first public comment on the Iranian election, President Barack Obama said he was "deeply troubled by the violence I've been seeing on TV."
But RAINING MISSILES DOWN on PASHTUNS is FINE!
Although he said he had no way of knowing whether the election was valid, Obama praised protesters and Iranian youth who questioned the results.
Oh, HE IS SICKENING!! What a SICKENING JOO TOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"The world is watching and is inspired by their participation, regardless of what the ultimate outcome of the election was," he said.
(Sigh, exhale, snort; blog editor can't believe this arrogant little shit. That is NOT WHAT THEY SAID about US in 2004)
Police and other security forces stood by quietly -- some sitting on stoops with their batons and shields resting behind them as the marchers swallowed the streets in parts of Tehran. Estimates put the turnout at hundreds of thousands overflowing the square, where crowds of 200,000 have filled the plaza in the past.
Why they gotta mention it over and over, huh?
Trying to IMPRESS a POINT, doncha think?
Mousavi made his first public appearance since the polls closed, and he launched his claims that the vote was rigged to re-elect the hard-line president. Brief clips of the march were shown on state television in an extremely rare nod to anti-government protests.
POT, KETTLE, BLACK, f***ing joosmedia!
The ARROGANCE and GALL is QUITE BEYOND BELIEF!!!!!!!!!
"Respect the people's vote!" Mousavi cried through a hand-held loudspeaker in Azadi, or Freedom, Square -- where Iran's leaders hold military and political gatherings. It appeared that Iran's ruling clerics had opened the door for the demonstration -- even giving it news coverage -- in a possible bid to avoid more street clashes and seek some breathing room in the growing confrontation.
But a single moment could change all that. Gunfire erupted from a compound used by the Basij, a volunteer militia linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard. An Associated Press photographer saw at least one demonstrator killed and several others with what appeared to be serious wounds. The protesters had tried to storm and set fire to the compound on the edge of Azadi Square.
At this point, honestly, readers, I'm exhausted.
It is the SAME THINGS REPEATED OVER and OVER in the SAME ARTICLES!!!!!!!
Some reports put the death toll higher, but they could not be confirmed.
Like everything else you find in the joospaper (sorry, but I'm furious at the Zionist crap we are fed on a daily basis)
The dead man, wearing a white shirt and khaki pants, lay sprawled on the sidewalk with blood from a head wound spilling onto the pavement. Nearby, protesters carried another gunshot victim, a makeshift tourniquet around his thigh, onto the back of a yellow taxi.
And how many Gzans died yesterday, you f***ers?
How many Afghans? Pakistanis? Iraqis?
Fuck you!
It was first known death in Tehran since postelection clashes erupted and could be a further rallying point in a culture that venerates martyrs and often marks their death with memorials.
And CUI BONO, 'eh?
One of Mousavi's Web sites said a student protester was killed early Monday in clashes with plainclothes hard-liners in Shiraz in southern Iran. But there was no independent confirmation of the report.
But it was REPEATED VERBATIM by the SHIT JOO MEDIA of AmeriKa!
Britain and Germany joined the calls of alarm over the rising confrontations in Iran. In Paris, the Foreign Ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador to discuss the allegations of vote-tampering and the violence.
I already read this earlier!!
Protests also spread across the country. Witnesses told the AP that pro-Mousavi demonstrators clashed with police in the historic city of Esfahan and the northeastern city of Mashhad, a conservative bastion with one of Iran's most holy Shiite shrines.
Police in Shiraz fired in the air to disperse several pro-Mousavi gatherings. Fars Province Police Gen. Ali Moayeri said officers had been "authorized to shoot. From now on we will respond harshly." In the heavily Arab city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border, a crowd of about 2,000 people chanted: "We don't want a dictator!" Police attacked some with batons.
Mousavi said another rally was planned for Tuesday in north Tehran, the hub of his youth-driven campaign and now a nerve center for his opposition movement. This is the type of spreading unrest most feared by Iran's non-elected ruling clerics, who control all important decisions but are rarely drawn directly into political disputes.
CUI BONO, readers?
A long and bitter movement against Ahmadinejad could push the dissent past the presidency and target the theocracy itself.
The COUP TEMPLATE, 'eh?
It also has the potential to embolden some members of the ruling inner circle, such as the powerful former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, who strongly opposed Ahmadinejad in the campaign. "That sets you up for a tremendous split," said Jon Alterman, head of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
And CUI BONO, 'eh?
"It could be tremendously destabilizing because if the office of (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) is damaged, then the whole shape of leadership ... moves into flux."
There's widespread belief that Khamenei -- the successor of the Islamic Revolution patriarch Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini -- will do what it takes to keep the system intact. He welcomed Ahmadinejad's victory on Saturday. By Monday, however, he directed one of Iran's most influential bodies, the Guardian Council, to examine claims of election fraud. The move had no guarantee it would satisfy those challenging Ahmadinejad's re-election or quell their anger after the weekend unrest.
The 12-member Guardian Council, made up of clerics and experts in Islamic law and closely allied to Khamenei, must certify ballot results and has the apparent authority to nullify an election. It would be an unprecedented step. Claims of voting irregularities went to the council after Ahmadinejad's upset victory in 2005, but there was no official word on the outcome of the inquiry, and the vote stood.
These are like stock paragraphs, aren't they?
More likely, the intervention by Khamenei sought to lower the tensions and give some time for possible further talks with Mousavi, who was prime minister in the 1980s.
Good luck.
At the rally, Mousavi had strong words for those standing in his way for his demands to cancel elections, including the ruling clerics. "I am ready to pay any price to carry the ideals of you, dear people," said Mousavi, who wore a gray striped shirt.
Including martyrdom, s***ter?
"We must regain our trampled rights and stop this lie and stand up to fraud and this astonishing charade," he said, looking out over the huge crowd and raising his arms in salute. "Otherwise, nothing will remain of people's trust in the government and the ruling system."
He also said he has little hope that the Guardian Council will annul the vote. The crowd roared back: "Long live Mousavi." "This is not election. This is selection," read one English-language placard at the demonstration. Other marchers held signs proclaiming "We want our vote back!" and made a V-for-victory salute.
This all seems so familiar!
Although any rallies were outlawed earlier, security forces were not ordered to move against the protesters, many waving the green banners and ribbons -- the symbolic color of Mousavi's movement. Authorities have blocked pro-Mousavi Web sites and text messaging, but word of the rally was passed by e-mails, phone calls and word of mouth.
After we were told for three days they couldn't send messages?
WTF?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At nightfall, Ahmadinejad opponents again shouted their denunciations from Tehran's rooftops. Cries of "Death to the dictator!" and "Allahu akbar!" -- "God is great!" -- echoed across the capital for a second night. It's a deeply symbolic tactic that Mousavi borrowed from the Islamic Revolution and the idea that people power can challenge any system.
Hasn't seemed to work out to well in AmeriKa lately.
The rooftop cries were how Khomeini asked Iran to show its unity against the Western-backed shah 30 years earlier.
Now they are COMPARING this NEO-CON TOOL to Khomeini!
Do the ZIONIST INSULTS NEVER CEASE?
Tehran police and hard-line militia stormed the campus at the city's biggest university early Monday, ransacking dormitories and arresting dozens of students angry over what they say was mass election fraud. Protesters also gathered outside Iranian diplomatic offices in London, Ankara and other cities. In Dubai, home to about 200,000 Iranians, 150 demonstrators stood outside the consulate in the withering Gulf summer heat and chanted: "Where is my vote?"
Yup, it is a WORLDWIDE COUP against the Iranians!!!
Now surely that must be the LAST ARTICLE on the SUBJECT, right?
"Obama urges investigation of Iran election; Violence flares in Tehran Protester is reported killed" by Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | June 16, 2009
I'm really starting to dislike this guy!
WASHINGTON - President Obama, breaking his silence on the disputed presidential elections in Iran, said Iranians are entitled to have every vote counted, urged a full investigation into vote-rigging allegations, and called for an end to violence.
What a DISINGENUOUS ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!
Speaking during a White House photo opportunity with President Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, Obama said he and all Americans are troubled by reports that protests of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decisive victory have resulted in bloody clashes. Obama told reporters that any investigation into the elections must not result in bloodshed.
Ummm, DON'T SPEAK for ME, you Zionist f***!!!!!!!!!!
"I am deeply troubled by the violence that I've been seeing on television," the president said. "I think that the democratic process, free speech, the ability of people to peacefully dissent - all those are universal values that need to be respected."
This as his administration pushes "HATE" SPEECH CENSORSHIP and IGNORES DISSENT!!!
When Americans see violence used to quell peaceful demonstrations "they are rightfully troubled," Obama said. To the protesters, he added, "I would say the world is watching and inspired by the participation."
Unless, of course, the PROTESTERS are PALESTINIAN!
I'm sorry, readers, but I've worked on this all night.
It is too long a post for me not to say what an ASSHOLE THIS FUCKING GUY has TURNED OUT TO BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK YOU, 'bamer!!!!!
His remarks came hours after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reversed himself and proclaimed that charges of fraud in this weekend's presidential election would be investigated. At the same time, violence continued to flare in Tehran last night, and state security forces allegedly killed at least one person in street confrontations.
While Ahmadinejadcontinued to claim that he was reelected by a two-to-one margin in heavy turnout, hundreds of thousands of supporters of opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi took to the streets yesterday, accusing Amadinejad of rigging the election.
Mousavi, who wants the election results annulled, appeared in Tehran and addressed the crowd on a makeshift speaker. His plea for an investigation did get a new hearing from Khamenei, who on Saturday had declared Ahmadinejad's reelection a "divine assessment."
Yesterday, Khamenei - a cleric who has ultimate power in Iran - announced that he had met with Mousavi and agreed that the country's Guardian Council should "carefully probe" the election results, a process expected to take about 10 days. But it was unclear whether the move would mollify Mousavi's supporters; some analysts said Khamenei merely wanted to tamp down the protests and questioned whether he would authorize a legitimate, thorough inquiry.
Images of Iranian security forces beating citizens during the weekend, published in newspapers and Internet sites around the world, instantly became iconic symbols of revolt and suppression.
Oh, NOW the fucking s*** jew n]media has DISCOVERED the BLOGS, huh?
What FUCKING ZIONIST ASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The protests in Tehran, organized through word of mouth, Internet postings, text messages, and Twitter feeds, grew larger yesterday and became violent in places.
The Iranian government, which had banned mass protests, did not make major efforts to stop the Mousavi supporters' demonstrations yesterday. However, an Associated Press photographer reported seeing state security forces kill one person and wound at least two others.
For the SECOND TIME in the piece.
Yeah, I AM TIRED of the REPETITIVE BULLSHIT of AmeriKa's GOD-DAMNED JEWSMEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A photograph was subsequently released showing the fatality: a man in a striped shirt and tan pants, lying on a blood-stained sidewalk, after having been apparently shot or bludgeoned in the face.
Strange how we NEVER get such COLORFUL DESCRIPTIONS of the PALESTINIANS ISRAEL WASTES!!!!!
By nightfall yesterday, there were more reports of clashes between protesters and security forces, scattered fires could be seen, and residents could be heard shouting from rooftops, according to local reports and Internet postings.
I've got an INTERNET POSTING for you.
See the POST IMMEDIATELY ABOVE this one!
In Washington, administration officials said they were closely monitoring the situation but took pains to avoid declaring outright election fraud.
Did they publish and did I read the same shit above, readers?
WTF is WITH the GOD-DAMNED LYING JEWSMEDIA of AmeriKa, huh?
President Obama has said he wants to negotiate with Iran to stop its nuclear program, and Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that talks would continue regardless of who is Iran's president.
Love the spin, doncha?
"Obviously we continue to have concern about what we've seen," said Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary. "Obviously the Iranians are looking into this, as well. We continue to be heartened by the enthusiasm of young people in Iran."
Translation: We love our little shit-ass tools!!!!
Ian Kelly, State Department spokesman, said the administration was "deeply troubled" by events in Iran but stopped short of calling the election illegitimate. Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late Shah of Iran, who was ousted in a 1979 student-led revolution, said on CNN yesterday that the White House should directly support the protesters.
As opposed to the COVERT, INDIRECT SUPPORT now?!!!!
See: U.S. Terrorizes Iran
Paul R. Pillar, a former top US intelligence officer on the Middle East, said yesterday that the administration probably feels restricted from saying or doing anything that would raise suspicions that Washington is trying to influence events in Tehran.
"I don't think the opposition, Mousavi, or anyone else, are hoping for kind words or intervention from the US," said Pillar, now a visiting professor at Georgetown University. "Everyone realizes that would be counterproductive. It is kind of the kiss of political death to be seen as having been supported or promoted by the United States. Iranians of all stripes would see this as interference in Iranian affairs."
And yet? I mean THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED!
Moussavi HAS BEEN EXPOSED as a NEO-CON TOOL!!!!
So AHMADINEJAD REALLY DID WIN, huh?
The Iranian election dispute prompted an array of political analysis, much of it centered on the unclear meaning of the presidential contest and its aftermath. Many analysts said that regardless of who is Iran's president, the fundamentals of the US-Iranian relationship are unchanged: Khamenei remains the supreme leader, and whether Iran will heed US demands to curtail its nuclear program remains a major issue.
Then WHY SO MUCH COVERAGE of Ahmadinejad, agenda-pushing jewpress?
Pfft! WE ALL KNOW the ANSWER, s***ters!
Some analysts said that if Ahmadinejad's reelection is allowed to stand, he will be more determined than ever to continue the nuclear program, although opinion is divided about whether he would allow some domestic reforms to pacify his opponents.
Who are "some?" Jewish, no doubt!
And THEY ARE GOING AHEAD with THEIR LEGAL RIGHT anyway!!!!
Khamenei controls all military and security forces and nearly every state apparatus, including the media, Anthony Cordesman, of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote yesterday. The election, he said, showed that much of Iran's educated elite want a more pragmatic government in domestic and foreign affairs.
Yeah, one starts to WONDER about those "elites" of Iran.
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Now certainly that MUST BE IT!?
2 hours later:
"Limited recount possible in Iran's disputed vote" by Ali Akbar Dareini and Nasser Karimi, Associated Press Writers | June 16, 2009
TEHRAN, Iran --Iran's Islamic leadership is prepared to conduct a limited recount of disputed presidential elections, a spokesman said Tuesday, drawing the ruling clerics deeper into a showdown that began with street clashes and quickly moved to the highest levels of power.
Oh, like Bush v. Gore in 2000?
And it would appear that the PLAN is WORKING!
Draw the RULING CLERICS into the MESS! AJAX REDUX!!!!
The announcement comes after Iran's state radio reported earlier Tuesday that seven people were killed during clashes in the Iranian capital the previous day -- the first official confirmation of deaths linked to the wave of protests and street battles following last week's disputed election.
The offer by the Guardian Council for a targeted tally -- from specific voting sites where fraud has been alleged -- is the first direct action by authorities to address claims of irregularities by opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But it also offers further hints that the non-elected ruling clerics are seeking to calm the protest anger and keep the dissent from spreading into their rarified world.
Same could be said about AmeriKa's leaders, no?
Or THEY JUST DON'T CARE, right -- which would make them WORSE than the IRANIANS and the CHINESE when you think about it!
It was not immediately clear when such a count could begin or how many voting sites would be included. The recount also falls short of calls by reformist challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi to completely annul Friday's vote, which he says was marred by fraud and robbed him of victory.
You know how I'm feeling -- about all this print and all these damnable lies.
Hundreds of thousands of Mousavi's backers poured through Tehran on Monday in a massive show of unity -- that ended in bloodshed when seven people were killed in a confrontation with pro-regime militiamen. The Iranian state radio report said the deaths occurred during an "unauthorized gathering" at a mass rally after protesters "tried to attack a military location."
Did you rad above? That's what THIS VERY PAPER and WEBSITE reported!
Any wonder I'm EXASPERATED?
It gave no further details, but it was a clear reference to crowds who came under gunfire Monday after trying to storm a compound for volunteer militia linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard. Any widening of protests by the opposition could begin to challenge the ruling clerics and the true centers of power in Iran.
Ever any thought of TALKING TO THEM because from everything on this website, they are under a hell of a covert assault from us and THEY ARE NOT EVEN UNREASONABLE!! That is ALL JEWISH WAR PROPAGANDA shoveled by this MAFIA PAPER!
My answer (and truthfully, wish in the afterlife, next life, whatever) is to SIT and TALK WITH THEM as a HUMAN BEING WOULD!!! I certainly want NO MORE of the WAR LIES and PROPAGANDA of my MORNING PAPER!!!!!!!
Mousavi, who served as prime minister in the 1980s, has formally laid out his allegations in a letter to the Guardian Council and in talks with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in all critical matters and policies. Unlike past student-led demonstrations against the Islamic establishment, Mousavi has the ability to press his case with the highest levels and could gain powerful allies.
Translation: The traitors within (think dual national Zionist Jews while you are mulling over today's daily bowl of MSM turds and then google them and 9/11). You know, like the Shah's structural remnants. Who do you think soies and false-flags for us?
Some influential clerics have expressed concern about possible election irregularities and a fierce critic of Mousavi, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, is part of the ruling establishment.
What CRAPOLA!! He WROTE against Ahmadinejad and that probably HURT MUSSAVI!
Yes, indeed, the LIES NEVER END and THESE GUYS act as if I DIDN'T READ THEM the DAY BEFORE or the DAY BEFORE!!
Either that or THEY DON'T CARE, and THAT is WORSE for THOSE PRETENDING to be LOOKING OUT for US with their AGENDA-PUSHING LIES!
Remember, NON-VIOLENT, NON-COOPERATION is the KEY!!
This GOVERNMENT that WANTS to PROTECT US would NEVER HURT US or LOCK US UP in DETENTION CAMPS, right?
Well, maybe I'm wrong (as that little brown man named Gandhi once mused).
A spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, was quoted on state television as saying the recount would be limited to voting sites where candidates claim irregularities took place. There was no immediate word from Mousavi on the announcement, but he said Monday he was not hopeful that the council would address his charges because he believes they are not neutral and have already indicated support for Ahmadinejad.
Oh, you mean LIKE the IRANIAN PEOPLE?
The 12-member Guardian Council includes clerics and experts in Islamic law. Its role includes certifying election results. Kadkhodaei did not rule out the possibility of canceling the results, saying that is within the council's powers. However, nullifying an election would be an unprecedented step. The council is closely allied to Khamenei, who ordered an examination into the fraud allegations although he had initially welcomed Ahmadinejad's victory.
Same in AmeriKa!!!!
Claims of voting irregularities went to the council after Ahmadinejad's upset victory in 2005, but there was no official word on the outcome of the inquiry, and the vote stood. The council must certify ballot results and also has the apparent authority to nullify an election. The council also serves as a constitutional watchdog and vets candidates running in elections.
ALL this FOCUS on THIS ELECTION and the IRREGULARITIES?
WhereTF were YOU GUYS in 200 and 2004?
The shootings came at the end of the rally by opponents of Ahmadinejad who defied an official ban to march through the city. The deaths also raise the prospect of further defiance from crowds claiming that Mousavi was the rightful election winner.
How come OBAMA is NOT CRITICIZING THEIR VIOLENCE?
Because they are OUR MEN, right?
The protest movement has shown no signs of easing with Mousavi's backers reportedly planning to gather in a Tehran square later Tuesday where pro-Ahmadinejad crowd also have called a rally to demand punishment of "rioters."
UH-OH!!!! FIREWORKS on the TV LATER so I will HAPPILY LEAVE IT OFF or WATCH a MOVIE (if it suits me).
I think a LOVE STORY ROMANCE will DO TODAY given all the DEATH and DESTRUCTION being ADVANCED by these EVIL SHITS!!!
In a message posted on his Web site, Mousavi said he will not attend the rally and asked his supporters to "not fall in the trap of street riots" and "exercise self-restraint."
Transylation: AGENT PROVOCATEURS of the US are going to GO WILD THIS AFTERNOON! Maybe now, I'll find out shortly when I reach the blogs, although I no longer need them to tell me or show me the agenda and spin. I recognize it immediaietly for what s***-shoveling it is.
The deaths Monday occurred on the edge of Tehran's Azadi Square. An Associated Press photographer saw gunmen, standing on a roof, opening fire on a group of demonstrators who tried to storm the militia compound.
I mean, I'm no lawyer but that could be seen as SELF-DEFENSE, no?
Angry men showed their bloody palms after cradling the dead and wounded who had been part of a crowd that stretched more than five miles (nearly 10 kilometers). The march also marked Mousavi's first public appearance since shortly after the election. He said he was willing to "pay any price" in his demands to overturn the election results.
Yeah, yeah, I already heard all that.
Ahmadinejad, meanwhile, arrived in Russia on Tuesday to attend a summit.
Watch yourself, guy. Jewish mafia alive and well there. I hope you have trustworthy and loyal security.
A Web site run by Iran's former reformist vice president, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, said he had been arrested by security officers, but provided no further details. Abtahi's Web site, popular among the youth, has reported extensively on the alleged vote fraud. Saeed Hajjarian, a prominent reformist, has also been detained, Hajjarian's wife, Vajiheh Masousi, told The AP Tuesday. Hajjarian is a close aide of former reformist President Mohammad Khatami.
They just keep flogging this uncorraborated, unverified, unconfirmed information in their infuriating way! How many guys we have locked away in Gitmo and other black-hole torture sites?
The huge rally Monday -- and smaller protests around the country -- display the resolve of Mousavi's backers and have pushed Iran's Islamic establishment into attempts to cool the tensions after days of unrest.
As ANY GOVERNMENT wouyld do?!
The death toll reported Tuesday could be a further rallying point in a culture that venerates martyrs and often marks their death with memorials. One of Mousavi's Web sites said a student protester was killed early Monday in clashes in Shiraz in southern Iran but there was no independent confirmation of the report.
Yeah, I heard about all that earlier. Lot of "martyrs" coming down today?
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Not the LEADER of the "REVOLUTION" though; he ain't gonna be there, stink!
