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Is Iran's poll vested?
Shafee Ahmed.Ko , Chennai: Jun 16 2009
Made Popular Jun 17 2009
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Is Iran's poll vested?

The tenth Presidential Election of Iran, held on 12 June 2009, has brought doubts and authenticity of the way election was conducted.
The happening in Tehran, the capital of Iran and across its country, the fury and frenzied protesters against recent poll is stunning.

Reformist candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, is said to have defeated in poll rigging. Thousands of women and men have come to the streets in protest of the landslide victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad obtaining 63%. The protesters claim that the huge poll rigging against Mir Hussein Moussavi 33% is a fraud and deplorable.

A web site “avaaz” further goes to state that millions of peaceful protesters are refusing “to surrender to the hard-line regime and its militias, and raising a resounding call for truth and justice in the face of blatant vote-rigging. The threat is all too real: today killing shots were fired into the crowd, and a growing crackdown threatens to crush this mass movement. What happens over the coming days could determine Iran’s future and shape the fate of the whole Middle East.”

On June 15, Robert F.Worth and Nazila Fathi report in New York Times as follow:

Television footage from Tehran showed hundreds of people taking to the streets to renew the challenge to the outcome of the vote, and there were reports that in fact tens of thousands of people were protesting.” “Iran’s main opposition postponed a major rally on Monday to denounce the disputed presidential election as the country’s supreme leader called for calm after days of sometimes violent protests

Scott Wilson, of Washington Post writes on June 15 as “The confused aftermath of Iran’s presidential election is complicating the Obama administration’s planned outreach to the Islamic republic and underscoring the challenges facing the president’s new approach to the Middle East based on shared values and common interest.

The website “avaaz” maintains to state,

Clashes continued on the streets of Tehran today as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is said to have ordered a clerical panel to investigate allegations by former prime minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi that the Interior Ministry had rigged the election in favor of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He is also quoted “urging Mousavi and his followers to seek redress through legal means rather than through rioting in the streets. It seems nothing at this point is going to stop the clashes however

It is no wonder that poll rigging is uncommon. On December 21,2004 “Rediff News” details “that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Israel and the US were responsible for the blasts in Iraq’s Shiite holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, accusing both countries of trying to rig the upcoming elections for their own political benefits, reports Aljazeera”.

The Israeli and American intelligence agencies no doubt stand behind the bloody and bitter events that took place in holy Karbala and sacred Najaf,” The Iranian News Agency, IRNA, cited Khamenei as saying.

Although the past events are conceivably acrid and acrimonious, President Barack Obama is striving for a peace processes in Middle East. The common fear is that current turmoil may tilt his efforts; and if it happens, there would be no other unfortunate event to recount.

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In the turmoil,around 7 persons are said to be killed.
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Gibson
Gwalior, India
It's really getting ugly in Iran.
(Global Perspectives)
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Muhammad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Could this be the beginning to the end?

Who knows haw far this will carry out...
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Soshiant
Tehran, Iran
Please force your governments not to recognize Ahmadinejad as our president. If he remains in power, the world would no longer be safe for ANYONE. Everybody has to do something before it gets too late.
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Soshiant,

This is entirely an internal affair of Iran. Now after ousting Shah of Iran for his ultramodern and pro US attitude,he was ousted by Ayatulla Khomeni and a Theocracy is being adopted under the Guardians of 12 elitea presumably well versed theologians. I think the Majlis is dependent on the Guardians.
(Global Perspectives)
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Ryan
Boston, United States
Anyone seriously think this will lead to a revolution or will be crushed like Tianamen Square? The Revolutionary Guard has been VERY quiet since this all began...
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Yash
Gwalior, India
I hope the people of Iran get the government they want, and that it also somehow happens to be the government they need.
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