Ali Khamenei

Partial recount shows control in Iran is slipping

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  • Posted By: TruthForward @ 06/28/2009 7:52:07 AM

    Well right now it sounds like they are kidnapping people (and bodies after they have died). I hope those people are not assassinated by the Iranian government's henchmen. They had no trial. It's sad what's happening there.

  • Posted By: Henry38101 @ 06/28/2009 7:43:37 AM

    What the world should know is that Ahamdinejad is not the legitimate Iranian president and should be refused entry into international gatherings.

  • Posted By: ThePrairiePrankster @ 06/24/2009 4:56:28 PM

    The Iranian people lived under tyrants for the past century, it is up to them to throw off the shackles that bind them to a dead end philosophy. No one else can do this for them. I wish them well as they march towards freedom.

  • Posted By: Domenicoluigi @ 06/23/2009 7:02:34 PM

    The reason they wanted go nuclear was only to gain some importance vis a vis their constant loss of support.
    They are going down the drain...

  • Posted By: oscarlei @ 06/23/2009 6:24:17 AM

    You know what they said about Philippines during the Marcos era? A nation of one despot and millions of coward - that was before the Filipino found their courage and sent Marcos packing. The same situation now exist in Iran. It's time for the Iranians to find their courage and kick that old clown Ali Khamenei and his lunatic president all the way to islamic hell.

  • Posted By: ryguy1234 @ 06/20/2009 7:06:41 PM

    I think a lot of people thought they were voting on the conventional wisdom of the Khamenei's slip in control of Iran, rather than Khamenei himself. I wouldn't think that 32% of voters would vote "up" for the supreme leader. Just the way it seams to me. Anyway, it does seem as though the people of Iran have a chance to institute what they want, which is a free and true democracy, rather than the fake one they currently have. I hope they keep it up and I'm praying for the families of those killed.

  • Posted By: Dijkhuyzen @ 06/19/2009 4:17:55 PM

    Iranians must do exactly what the Philippines did on the marcoses under President Aquino,massive protest everyday but silently,if the Filipino people were able to stop the marcos dictatorship then Iranians can do it too and nobody else,so it's up to the Iranian people.

  • Posted By: Observerguy @ 06/19/2009 3:43:06 PM

    There is no chance that Iran's dictatorship will end. Show me an "Islamic" democracy. No people would so choose. It must exist, as it always has, by brutal dictatorship -- strangely, always run by fierce-looking creatures with beards who speak for all.

  • Posted By: misskaren @ 06/16/2009 3:59:23 PM

    I think the Ayatollah is going to throw Ahmadinejad under the bus.

    • Posted By: John Dough @ 06/19/2009 12:01:11 PM

      Not on your life the clerics will say the nut job won and Mousavi is out.

  • Posted By: dharro @ 06/17/2009 2:50:06 PM

    Just realized he's on the wrong side of history

  • Posted By: OutsideLookInside @ 06/17/2009 11:29:42 AM

    MULLAHS CAN:T RUN A COUNTRY

  • Posted By: John Dough @ 06/17/2009 10:40:14 AM

    ACORN must have ran their voting too!

  • Posted By: Greg the Third @ 06/16/2009 8:21:04 PM

    Although he made a mistake politically, the Ayatollah still commands a great deal of respect and power friom his position of religious authority and his long service to Iran, including the post of president. That said it appears the reformers are in the driver's seat since they have the political will and momemtum. Meanwhile Ahmadinejad supporters appear to not have the luster or fire to stand up for their candidate in the streets. The question now is just how much reform do the reformers want and where is the line that they cannot cross before the Ayatollah can legitimately authorize a forceful and repressive crackdown. Brinksmanship is a dangerous game and it is playing out with a vengenance in Iran.

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