Iranian elections and what you think about it.

[J.Hanna]

If the Islamic Republic falls then it will be easier to disarm Hizballah.

[Diabolo_7]

Originally Posted by ValentinoNO1

You know what was intresting, That bloke on the roof top pumping the crowd with AK rounds. Probably on the orders of the real government.
We know who they are.
Any good nite spots in iran where i could grab a drink ?

Maybe in an underground bunker somwhere in the country side. But il be sure to wear my kevlar vest. So when the religious police come with there batons and guns and sticks il be protected:)

in the meantime, you might try the bars in Riyadh

[Ana3arabi!]

America’s Iranian Twitter Revolution

America’s Iranian Twitter Revolution « OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY

Some would have us believe that there is a “Twitter revolution” going on in Iran, when there is no such thing. Not only that, what is being boasted about the power of Twitter is almost entirely false. What there is instead is a rush to the finish line, a predetermined conclusion to immediately thank and praise Twitter in the context of Iran’s street protests.

How representative are Iran’s Twitter revolutionaries? In actual fact, the only allegedly Iranian Twitter users who have been identified by other Twitter users as tweeting about the Iranian protests, are fewer than 45, most of whose locations cannot be confirmed and almost all of whom post only in English. Yet, one can get as many as 2,500 updates in a single minute, on one stream alone, and most of that repetitive and uninformative material is not being posted by anyone except for a huge mass of American Twitter users. In total, only a third of Iranians even have Internet access (we saw in the Canadian case that Internet access does not translate into Twitter use).

That the U.S. government has an active interest in the unfolding of the “Twitter revolution” for Iran, is an established fact. The U.S. State Department intervened to ask Twitter to delay a scheduled maintenance break so as to not interrupt tweets about Iran — “Ian Kelly, a state department spokesman, told reporters at a briefing that he had recognized over the weekend the importance of social media ‘as a vital tool for citizens’ empowerment and as a way for people to get their messages out’. He said: ‘It was very clear to me that these kinds of social media played a very important role in democracy – spreading the word about what was going on’” (see “US urges Twitter to delay service break,” by Chris Nuttall and Daniel Dombey, Financial Times, 17 June 2009, and “U.S. State Department speaks to Twitter over Iran,” Reuters, 16 June 2009). What the U.S. State Department is also doing, of course, is reinforcing the unproven claim that this is important to Iran, while careful not to specify whose citizens are being empowered, whose word is being spread, and “out” from where. At the same time, the Obama regime claims that it is not meddling in Iranian affairs.

[Observer]

Originally Posted by Ashrafieh_LF

This is gathering momentum! I think Ahmdinejad will fall in the next coming weeks. This will be the end of Khomeini's Islamic revolution and will make Iran a more secular modern state. Hopefully there won't be a lot of bloodshed.
This will be another blow to HA after Syria abandoned them and the loss in the elections...

Ok. Let it be the Saudis too. A secular saudi strate!!1 Wow. At least the masters of the LF in KSA will then allow their women to drive ya secular LF.

[LubnanALkawi]

Originally Posted by LebArmenian

IS THAT THE WILAYET AL FAQIH that they tried to frighten the christians with ? they have hot girls and all of the youngsters wear fashion clothings and waxed hairs ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???/ **** ! we are stupid stupid stupid !!! i want faqih !

yeah we want this!


or maybe this is better



for sure many brain washed iranian are with the islamic state but many many iranian are also against it

those who support the islamic state are forcing everybody to have their lifestyle the same way they have it!

no thx i dont want any of this! note the pictures are not so old they are taken between 2007/2008 and things like this are still going on...

only by seeing this they are frighting the people!

[Salome]

Originally Posted by LubnanALkawi

yeah we want this!


or maybe this is better



for sure many brain washed iranian are with the islamic state but many many iranian are also against it

those who support the islamic state are forcing everybody to have their lifestyle the same way they have it!

no thx i dont want any of this! note the pictures are not so old they are taken between 2007/2008 and things like this are still going on...

only by seeing this they are frighting the people!

probably the ANajad supporters would say it is all just photoshop, financed by zionists...these pictures are very disturbing, it might be that only a minority of Iranians are against such a treatment of citizens, but still it gives some hope

as I mentioned before, they can close out the int. media but they can not silence the people. They are taking pics and videos with their mobiles and are managing to snuggle them out via various internet websites

I checked the news this morning on CNN, at this time I did not realize any biase in their report, they clearly stated Moussavi would not make much of a difference compared to ANajad...

I support the demand of new elections, but question is to whom they want to vote, there are no new candidates, yet

[orange infection]

CIA has Distributed 400 Million Dollars Inside Iran to Evoke a Revolution.

come now , not every rebellion is caused by US or israel
eno what's wrong if too many ppl hate ahmedi nijad in iran ???
we're living the same situation since ever

[LebanonUSA]

It doesn't matter who wins or loses in the Iranian elections. At the end of the day, whoever the president is, he is still under the authority of Khamenei and his council... Mousavi is not better than the nutcase Ahmedinejad. Mousavi is not even close to who Khatami was, and Khatami was not able to make a dent in Iranian politics.

And to the other LF nutcase (Ashrafieh_LF I believe?), it does not matter who rules in Iran. Iranian support will not change to Hizballah, although inside Hizballah, they have a preference towards people like Mousavi and Khatami. And ilak 3ayn tehki, why don't you ask your masters in Riyadh why can't the Saudis question their government the way the Iranians are doing? Is it not because they're afraid of chop-chop of their heads, literally?

[Salome]

Big crowd masses for mourning rally in Tehran

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi gathered in downtown Tehran Thursday to mourn those killed in mass demonstrations against what he says was a rigged election.

Witnesses said Imam Khomeini Square was packed with people dressed in black and holding candles, a day after Mousavi called on his supporters to gather in mosques or at peaceful rallies to show solidarity with the victims and their families.

"Where are our brothers?" read one banner in the crowd. "Why did you kill our brothers?" read another.

Iran's English-language state television has reported eight people killed in protests since official results from Friday's poll showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been re-elected.


Anybody has photos?? I couldnt find any so far...media restriction works pretty good, but am sure sooner or later the photos will come

[lebanesecanadian]

The man who leaked the real election results from the Interior Ministry - the ones showing Ahmadinejad coming third - was killed in a suspicious car accident, according to unconfirmed reports, writes Saeed Kamali Dehghan in Tehran.

Mohammad Asgari, who was responsible for the security of the IT network in Iran's interior ministry, was killed yesterday in Tehran.
Asgari had reportedly leaked results that showed the elections were rigged by government use of new software to alter the votes from the provinces.
Asgari was said to have leaked information that showed Mousavi had won almost 19 million votes, and should therefore be president.

We will try to get more details later.

Source: Iran protests: live | News | guardian.co.uk

The leaked memo contained these numbers:

42 million votes were cast:
Mousavi: 19,075,623 votes
Mehdi Karroubi: 13,387,104 votes
Ahmadinejad: 5,698,417
Mohsen Rezaee: 3,754,218