The Iranian election is a huge story. In the U.S. when an election was stolen the main stream media fell in line and the sheeple shrugged. In Iran the people are risking their lives to protest a million strong.
Are the protesters pro-western? Or do they simply want an honest election? Peacenik thinks there is a glimmer of hope here that the hardliners in Iran may lose something, maybe even some power. Certainly some of their authority. But the chance of a hard crackdown also exists. Peacenik thinks the battles on the streets of Iran foretells the future of corrupt governments everywhere. Even in the West.
Iran Agrees to Partial Recount of Disputed Ballots
by Nazila Fathi and Alan Cowell
TEHRAN - Thousands of people began massing in the streets here again on Tuesday to protest Iran's disputed presidential election, increasing tensions a day after clashes left at least seven people dead during the largest antigovernment demonstration since the Iranian revolution.
But in answer to the supreme leader's turnabout call for an examination of opposition charges of vote-rigging, the country's powerful Guardian Council said Tuesday it was prepared to order only a partial recount, and it ruled out an annulment of the vote, according to state television and news reports.
The concession was rejected by the main opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, and other opponents of the declared winner, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The opponents demand that a new election be held.
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Are the protesters pro-western? Or do they simply want an honest election? Peacenik thinks there is a glimmer of hope here that the hardliners in Iran may lose something, maybe even some power. Certainly some of their authority. But the chance of a hard crackdown also exists. Peacenik thinks the battles on the streets of Iran foretells the future of corrupt governments everywhere. Even in the West.
Iran Agrees to Partial Recount of Disputed Ballots
by Nazila Fathi and Alan Cowell
TEHRAN - Thousands of people began massing in the streets here again on Tuesday to protest Iran's disputed presidential election, increasing tensions a day after clashes left at least seven people dead during the largest antigovernment demonstration since the Iranian revolution.
But in answer to the supreme leader's turnabout call for an examination of opposition charges of vote-rigging, the country's powerful Guardian Council said Tuesday it was prepared to order only a partial recount, and it ruled out an annulment of the vote, according to state television and news reports.
The concession was rejected by the main opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, and other opponents of the declared winner, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The opponents demand that a new election be held.
Read on...
