Read my Iran labels for more on the past months events.
"Iran opposition goes on offensive; Ahmadinejad foes say government is ‘illegitimate’" by Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim, Los Angeles Times | July 2, 2009
TEHRAN - After two weeks of street clashes, Tehran has remained calm over the last several days.... a sign of returning normality.
But the latest moves show that the election controversy continues to grip the Islamic Republic despite official attempts to move beyond days of protests and crackdowns....
The heightened political posturing over the election came as the Interior Ministry, controlled by a wealthy confidant of Ahmadinejad, ordered that election-related political activities stop now that the Guardian Council, which is headed by another ally of the president, has confirmed Ahmadinejad’s reelection. Other Iranian officials, including the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have also urged an end to questioning of the election, calls that have been stridently ignored.
I don't recall the same rection when Bush stole the 2000 and 2004 elections, MSM.
What up?
“There’s a deep fissure within the power elite,’’ said Farhad Khosrokhavar, a political scientist at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris, who returned from a visit to Tehran less than a week ago....
That's the psy-ops line anyway!
The government’s actions are part of a broad attempt to use the instruments of state to neutralize a movement....
That draws comparisons with 9/11 Truth movement and the AmeriKan government in my mind.
That's what their "hate crimes" legislation is meant to do.
The lack of an article on Iran on July 3rd proves my point for me.
Update:
"Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran is not Georgia
July 4, 2009 by Notsilvia Night
Whatever you think about Iran, a country based on an Islamic constitution and with an Islamic leadership, one thing is sure the current leaders are no fools. They know, what “divide and conquer” means. And they are not about to allow a 1953 rerun.
Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Khamenei appears to be quite a good strategist. His position in the country seems to have rather been strengthened than weakened by the troubles of last week. And while the opposition clearly gives the impression of extremely sore losers, Khamenei makes a gracious winner.
The transcript of Khamenei´s Friday sermon, published in full on Press TV, is a pretty fascinating read. He tries to depolarize the fractions and emphasizes on national unity. He also tries to create a common ground between the followers of all the candidates....In the end Khamenei tells western leaders regarding human rights to look at the corpses in their own closets. And again the examples he uses are well chosen, because even here, he does seek common ground, not with western leaders but with the libertarian opposition to the leaders war-agenda....
"American officials say they are worried about the Iranian nation, how can you be worried? Can you even speak about human rights when you are responsible for the blood shed in Afghanistan and Iraq? In Palestine who has and is supporting and funding the Zionist regime?
During the term of a previous US government, eighty people affiliated with the Davidian sect were burnt alive in their compound in Waco, Texas. For some reason these people were disliked by the then US administration. Eighty people were burnt in that building, how dare you talk of human rights?"
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