Iranian election

I don't speak Farsi, but it looks like a lot of people are not happy about the Ahmadinejad "win." My blogger friend Naj sent me this, she has more.

Tehran in support of Mousavi UK Times online

EU leads international pressure on Iran over vote
Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:36am EDT

Iran's Stolen Election May Spark Global Crisis
Writer, founder of GlobalEconomicCrisis.com (article from HuffPo)
Posted: June 13, 2009 03:41 PM
Sheldon Filger
...Moreover, the regime announced the predetermined outcome only a few hours after the polls had closed, a logistical impossibility given the geography and demographics of Iran. However, when a regime decides what the outcome of an election will be in advance, electoral logistics are inconsequential....

Big crowd turns out for pro-Mousavi rally in Tehran
Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:52am EDT
..."Where are the 63 percent who voted for Ahmadinejad?" they chanted, referring to his official election tally...

Monday, June 15, 2009
Iran supreme leader orders vote fraud probe By ANNA JOHNSON and ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press Writers
...The students set a truck and other vehicles on fire 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 with axes and wooden sticks, Akbar said.

Before leaving around 4 a.m., the police took away memory cards and computer software material, Akbar said, adding that dozens of students were arrested....

Washington has wait-and-see stance on Iran
Published: June 15, 2009 at 9:24 AM UPI
...The Obama administration has been low key in its reaction to Iran's election and the days of protests that followed, The Washington Post reported Monday. Obama, during his campaign and while in office, has indicated a willingness to re-establish a diplomatic relationship with Iran...

I think the Obama administration is doing the right thing by staying low key about this. Obama needs to be very careful considering the US govt's history in Iran, and Iranian sensitivity to Washington meddling. If the powerful in Iran need to close off access to foreign press, internet access, and cell phones, facebook, and then use thugs to push people off the streets the people's anger at injustice will leak out no matter how hard the regime tries to hide it.

If Ahmadinejad really does end up with the presidency, then Obama needs to be very careful about ignoring the right-wing nutjobs in this country.