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- Dustin00, on 06/17/2009, -4/+492The leaked memo says 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
Interior Ministry to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is a very poor liar. - cygnus2112, on 06/17/2009, -2/+445The 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. - dbossnirvana, on 06/18/2009, -9/+320First rule of Iranian elections, you don't talk about Iranian elections.
- Cam_86, on 06/18/2009, -1/+218The weird thing is, it's so OBVIOUSLY bs... Its like a kid trying to pass a D on his report card as an A.
All the early reports prior to the election were asking if Mousavi had enough support to win in the first round, or if it would come down to the 2end round of voting. Than 1 hour after the polls close its announced Ahmadinejad won in a landslide. If a peaceful developed country like Canada(With 3/4 as many people) needs a solid 6-10 hours to declare a winner in its elections, How the ***** can anyone believe Iran could do it in less than an hour?
Its actually insulting that they think anyone is believing this. Almost makes me wonder if they are trying to incite nationwide riots... Kinda like 'if i cant lead this country, i'll make sure the next person who does has one hell of a mess to clean up as soon as he takes office.' - RedAbyss, on 06/18/2009, -5/+200Show some damn respect to this martyr of democracy.
- ILoveBoobies, on 06/18/2009, -1/+101IT Hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Pigeon, on 06/18/2009, -0/+71Never mind I'm a retard.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andishehnouraee/36359 ... - Dustin00, on 06/17/2009, -3/+71Is Mousavi still in control of his Facebook account at this point?
- Solkre, on 06/18/2009, -4/+66I love the terms "Official" and "Facebook" in the same sentence used seriously.
- CSheikh, on 06/18/2009, -4/+59It is impossible to say if the numbers are true or not, but I was sent them Saturday afternoon from a friend in Iran.
mousavi 19075623
karoubi 13387104
ahmadinejad 5698417
rezaee 3754218 - acegi, on 06/18/2009, -2/+57third rule of Iranian elections, someone says 'stop counting!' you stop and then give the victory to third place right wing fascist.
- toxicityj, on 06/18/2009, -3/+58I too go to facebook for the truth when I need it. *facepalm*
- JKount, on 06/18/2009, -2/+53Second rule of Iranian elections, you don't talk about Iranian elections.
- bencanfield, on 06/18/2009, -0/+49"accident" seems to have so many meanings these days.
- TyrannousDotNet, on 06/18/2009, -0/+47is anyone surprised?
- Langford, on 06/18/2009, -4/+46At some point, this whole election is going to have to be made into a movie. That is the only way it's going to be possible to explain it all sensibly.
- jayll, on 06/18/2009, -0/+42If only the military and police would support it's people and join them
- thcobbs, on 06/17/2009, -0/+41Funny, you think he'd be better at it by now.
- inactive, on 06/18/2009, -1/+41green revolution hero
- GregFD3S, on 06/18/2009, -1/+41You didn't get that memo?
- Pigeon, on 06/18/2009, -0/+40Does anyone have a link to the memo?
- robbiedo, on 06/18/2009, -5/+42DIEBOLD
- Ninapendawewe, on 06/18/2009, -0/+37fifth rule: election protests will go on as long as they have to
- aufte, on 06/18/2009, -1/+38Thank you, thank you so much for a story about Iran that wasn't preaching how awesome Twitter is.
- acegi, on 06/18/2009, -0/+37they accidentally the whole election
- VictoriaCross, on 06/18/2009, -1/+38fyi:
a centrist website has found that voter turnout in at least 30 towns exceeded 100%.
In the most specific allegations of rigging yet to emerge, the centrist Ayandeh website – which stayed neutral during the campaign – reported that 26 provinces across the country showed participation figures so high they were either hitherto unheard of in democratic elections or in excess of the number of registered electors.
Taft, a town in the central province of Yazd, had a turnout of 141%, the site said, quoting an unnamed "political expert". Kouhrang, in Chahar Mahaal Bakhtiari province, recorded a 132% turnout while Chadegan, in Isfahan province, had 120%. - spartan24018, on 06/18/2009, -0/+35Fourth rule of Iranian elections: Only two approved candidates at a time.
- duggtodeath, on 06/18/2009, -1/+36My, what a tragic coincidence.
/Ahmadinejad - andrewh7, on 06/17/2009, -2/+35You need to use a retinal scan and blood test in order to login to facebook. So, we know that Mousavi wrote it. Unless, someone was able to get his eyeball and blood? Not in Iran, no way!
- darkescaflowne, on 06/18/2009, -2/+33Eighth rule of Iranian elections: If this is your first election you have to fight.
- gcnaddict, on 06/18/2009, -2/+31Search the page for "11am"
ROW ROW FIGHT THE MULLAS - relaxeder, on 06/18/2009, -1/+30The burden of proof doesn't really sit with them. I wouldn't deny it at this point, and the media blackout doesn't make it any easier to confirm.
- Dustin00, on 06/18/2009, -5/+32I thought it was the School of the Americas that taught all of them how to do it.
- Betrayal, on 06/18/2009, -0/+27Wow just wow. He even landed on third place that bastard.
- spump, on 06/18/2009, -1/+28sixth rule: No shirt, no opposition
- inactive, on 06/18/2009, -20/+47Kinda like 'if i cant lead this country, i'll make sure the next person who does has one hell of a mess to clean up as soon as he takes office.'
You mean like the previous administration? - Hraes, on 06/18/2009, -0/+25Wow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsen_Rezaee
On Interpol's Wanted list, banned from entering US/EU. Damn. - dixta, on 06/18/2009, -0/+23.... unless the last "Election" was also rigged and Ahmadinejad wasn't supposed to take office then either.
- specialK16, on 06/18/2009, -0/+20So Intel ads were right. We are kind of the new cool guys.
(Until we get killed of course.) - ProfessorSYM, on 06/18/2009, -0/+20From the flickr comments:
"one of the main arguments for the election being a fraud was that it would be impossible to have all the results counted within one day, but these 'real' results are also dated the day after the elections."
"That's still suspect. Iran uses paper ballots, not even scan-tronic (little black circles), literally checkboxes on a sheet of folded paper. It is highly unlikely, even with "thousands" of people counting, that you would get a full tally, across all regions and remote villages, in twelve hours.
Also, considering the whole point of rigging an election is to hide and/or destroy the evidence (I'm sure a recount is impossible now, and ballots have been destroyed) about the last thing the cheaters would want to do, is create a memo with the "true" numbers, for whatever reason. So I doubt the veracity of this document greatly.
That said, it's the government's own tactics that let something like this gain traction. If they continue to lock down any access to evidence, make stuff up with no way to corroborate, then the opposition can easily do the same.
Basically, when the whole system is built on lies, it makes it pretty easy to fight it with more lies." - thewonster, on 06/18/2009, -1/+21It was nice knowing you
- s0krat3z, on 06/18/2009, -4/+24It was my understanding that they could not have counted the paper ballots in time. So any results were likely simply made up. Besides why would they need an "accident" to silence someone. They aren't exactly viewed as cuddly loving leaders in the first place.
- nmanguy, on 06/18/2009, -0/+20Not to mention that Canada and the US have many time zones, so people in California and Hawaii hardly even have to have their votes counted to declare a winner (it was announced at like 8 PST last November), so all those people in a place like Iran would definitely take a while.
- consonance, on 06/18/2009, -0/+20Then you become IT Martyrs.
- phyx726, on 06/18/2009, -1/+20This has riot written all over it.
- Gndoab, on 06/18/2009, -1/+18yeah, but they stormed the US embassy because the US installed it's own dictator, who was committing untold human rights abuses on the population.
funny how one abusive dictatorship got exchanged for another. - bringitontimx, on 06/18/2009, -0/+17they need to overthrow their own government. I cross my fingers in hopes of the US NOT going in and ***** things up like they did last time.
- consonance, on 06/18/2009, -1/+18Ninapendawewe, that's the seventh rule.
The real fifth rule: One election at a time. - nosliwm, on 06/18/2009, -1/+18I think that this shows that the country of Iran is not full of a bunch of wacked out extremists, but moderate folks that want to have most of the same freedoms we generally share. They just have effed up leadership that makes them look bad.
Eerily familiar sensation. - Protonz, on 06/18/2009, -0/+17It is always saddening how there is never a shortage of people willing to put on scary armor & facemasks then attack non-violent non-armed protesters.
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