Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Iran
It is clear that the election in Iran was a farce. An Ayatollah who runs the Interior Ministry (where all the votes were counted) actually sent and circulated an open letter commanding them to reelect the current President...
http://tehranbureau.com/2009/06/07/fatwa-issued-for-changing-the-vote-in-favor-of-ahmadinejad/
The head of Iran's election commission has stated the vote was invalid...
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/followup-on-earlier-posts.html
Every candidate from the election with the exception of the President is currently under arrest...
http://niacblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/election-liveblogging-saturday/
And the military is out in force on the streets. It seems very likely that the military with a nod from the Supreme Leader has pulled a coup...
http://tehranbureau.com/2009/06/13/spokesman-political-coup/
But what is going on in Iran is real. The anger is real. The fury is real.
Huffington has videos and a good thread following what is going on...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html
The leadership in Iran made a grave error in how they bungled this election. Don't be surprised if we see an absolute revolt inside the country. The best thing Obama and everyone else in the administration can do is lie low and shut the hell up. Let the reformers inside the country fight this one through.
http://tehranbureau.com/2009/06/07/fatwa-issued-for-changing-the-vote-in-favor-of-ahmadinejad/
The head of Iran's election commission has stated the vote was invalid...
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/followup-on-earlier-posts.html
Every candidate from the election with the exception of the President is currently under arrest...
http://niacblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/election-liveblogging-saturday/
And the military is out in force on the streets. It seems very likely that the military with a nod from the Supreme Leader has pulled a coup...
http://tehranbureau.com/2009/06/13/spokesman-political-coup/
But what is going on in Iran is real. The anger is real. The fury is real.
Huffington has videos and a good thread following what is going on...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html
The leadership in Iran made a grave error in how they bungled this election. Don't be surprised if we see an absolute revolt inside the country. The best thing Obama and everyone else in the administration can do is lie low and shut the hell up. Let the reformers inside the country fight this one through.
