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Mousavi renews accusations of fraud in Iran vote

news.yahoo.com — Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has released a new 25-page report detailing "fraud and irregularities" in the June 12 election.

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  • Topkill, on 07/06/2009, -1/+28Here's hoping that something positive comes out of the stolen Iranian elections.
  • scyphozoa, on 07/06/2009, -1/+26This is not a story of an overnight revolution. This revolution will spike and fall and repeat until it is in full effect. The fight for people's freedom is not meant to be a source of entertainment for you. Support these people's fight for democracy!
  • inactive, on 07/06/2009, -0/+22what if the government uses all caps too?
  • MatzahMan, on 07/06/2009, -2/+19NO MATTER HOW LOUD THE GOVERNMENT SHOUTS, THEY WILL NOT DROWN OUT THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE!
  • DaDrake, on 07/06/2009, -2/+17Yes because the invasion of Iran has been something the current administration is considering /s
  • 3The3Dude3, on 07/06/2009, -0/+13@sierrabravo I think you are missing the point. You may be totally correct about Iranian's lack of concern for America's election. But thanks to the effective state-control of Iran's media, we never really knew what the PEOPLE of Iran had to think about anything. Because they DO NOT run their own country to begin with.

    Until now. We are finally discovering that the Iranian people do not share the same views of their tyrannical leaders. They want freedom so badly, that they are willing to go to war, unarmed, against their government that is equally willing to kill them. This isn't about Mousavi for them, it's about individual liberty and they simply view him as the conduit to establishing a free society (and even if he originally wasn't, he'd be a fool to betray them now).




  • Shadic, on 07/06/2009, -1/+12THEN THE PEOPLE WILL GET BILLY MAYS.
  • VsAcesoVer, on 07/06/2009, -0/+10...Franken?
  • Patrol42, on 07/06/2009, -0/+9Yeah, hopefully the advent of widespread internet access has kept the Iranians' morale high and has kept them organized, optimistic, and informed that a good chunk of the freedom loving world supports them, despite all the censoring in Iran.
  • Mihey, on 07/06/2009, -1/+9Except they rigged the election, that's been proven more than once, even the most respected clerics of Qom are denying the election results. That vote recount? The day before a minister was filmed citing examples of false votes, such as unfolded ballots; the next day it was filmed that they counted UNFOLDED papers all signed with the same pen and calligraphy. Not to mention that ballot boxes have been found dumped in some place.

    This is a stolen election alright and Iranians know it very well, which is why they've taken to the streets. They don't want another Bush.
  • khaosx2030, on 07/06/2009, -2/+8Good. I'm glad other countries can stand up to butchered elections.
  • makkaveli19, on 07/06/2009, -4/+10The funny thing is that the protests have gone far behind Mousavi. This is for a regime change, this is for a true democracy and getting rid of the stupid "spiritual leader" and his oligarchs. They just need a leader like khomeini was back in the old revolution(he sucked btw) and mousavi is acting like a wimp. I'm still surprised that he continues to fuel the protests, i thought they would shoot him already.
  • Mujokan, on 07/06/2009, -0/+4I'm always amazed at these guys, like Tsvangirai in Zimbabwe, who are prepared to stand up like this. I would never have the guts. Posting snarky comments online is about the level of risk I can handle.
  • solid12345, on 07/06/2009, -0/+4So you mean to tell me the CIA paid off 100,000 Iranians to go out onto the streets?

    The average young Iranian gets more about finding a job and being able to date his girlfriend without being beaten with a baton than they do about oil.
  • inactive, on 07/06/2009, -2/+5So..you figured they would have shot him by now...he continues to do what you figure would have gotten him shot by now...and you call him a WIMP?

    Do YOU have the courage to continue doing something that there is even a SLIGHT chance of getting shot for?

    Didn't think so.
  • trevor98, on 07/06/2009, -1/+4This guy actually believes it's about him and this election. The people are pissed at the government in general for a bunch of reasons and the election is the straw that might break the camels back. If I remember correctly, the '79 revolution built over time with 30 day mourning cycles dictating the timing. I'm waiting for the same thing here.
  • schnikies79, on 07/06/2009, -0/+3Youtube is not a source.
  • scott1, on 07/06/2009, -0/+3doubleplusungood
  • chongli, on 07/06/2009, -0/+2Mousavi knows that the government cannot make an example of him, he would only become a martyr.
  • DimWu, on 07/06/2009, -0/+2I'm always amazed at these guys, like Tsvangirai in Zimbabwe, who are prepared to stand up like this. I would never have the guts. Posting snarky comments online is about the level of risk I can handle.
  • Mujokan, on 07/06/2009, -0/+2I wish I could report you twice.
  • Lonandubh, on 07/06/2009, -0/+2Oh, of course Mr Ahmadinejad, how silly of us to think that the people were demonstrating at the risk of their lives for their own freedom.
  • durruticolumn, on 09/18/2009, -0/+2
    "The psycho (Ahmadenejad) more than likely won the election handily in a fair count, regardless of any shenanigans."

    Not true. An Ahmadinejad win would have been a statistical anomaly given historical voting paterns. The landslide he achieved is just plain impossible.
  • alimighty1, on 07/06/2009, -0/+2*****? if this ***** was going down in america, you can sure as hell bet that not nearly as many people would have gotten off their sofa-recliner and protested for days end, even with the threat of death by your own government.
  • inactive, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1Phony Concern.
  • Andrewmatt, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1His name was Robert Paulson
  • Midtowner, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1Which other countries don't?
  • CressCrowbits, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1Franklin?
  • JeffyW, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1I'll bet the Whitehouse is "deeply concerned"
  • Endrian, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1Regarding #2: That may be true. However, that is precisely the point: shenanigans were implemented, which makes his victory null and void, regardless of any legitimate victory that might have been had otherwise.
  • altgeeky1, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1Protests in America? Ha.

    One of the reasons American government has favored suburbanization (at tremendous expense, particularly highway funds) is because it isolates the city poor from the middle class. As long as social groups are kept apart, there are no "protests"... only civil disobedience, crime, etc.

    Anyway... Protests need to attract disparate social groups to succeed.

    This happened in Iran... you had clerics, teachers, shopkeepers, old women, and just about everyone else whose family was not elevated into the Revolutionary Guard. 10 years ago, the protests were just students.

    I honestly think nothing will happen for a long time now.. the protests in Iran were allowed to go as long as they did, so everyone could be identified...
  • CressCrowbits, on 07/06/2009, -1/+2Evidence or STFU.
  • mitikomon, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1Actually it's 40th day of death which is important. but I think the same tactics which were useful in 1979 are useless these days. we are completely different and want different things now.
  • dienaked, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1There are other, less painful, ways of ensuring ones death.
  • skipvt, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1Her name was Neda.
  • durruticolumn, on 09/18/2009, -0/+1"What historical voting patterns are you referring to?"

    The one where the reformist Khatami won 70% of the vote, and where large turnouts, especially large youth turnouts in a country that's 70% under 30 always favor the reformist? Not to mention the absurdly low amount of votes Karroubi got. And that polls before the election showed Mousavi's positions to be overwhelmingly favored over Ahmadinejad's.

    "Like the one that got him elected in the first place?"

    Where he barely won over a not-particularly popular Rafsanjani in run-off voting four years before he had a chance to ruin the Iranian economy? The same election where he only got 19% of the vote in the first round of voting? Where reformists represented at least 52.3% of the initial voting?
  • omega09, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1They don't need to invade, they can just give the green light to Israel.
  • Midtowner, on 07/06/2009, -1/+1Difference is Bush actually won his elections. All but one recount went Bush's way, so absent allegations of ballot-box stuffing and dumping votes, you really need to let this bit of fiction go.
  • mitikomon, on 07/06/2009, -1/+1comparing to Ahamdinezhad we love and adore another Bush.
  • writeb, on 07/06/2009, -1/+1What historical voting patterns are you referring to? Like the one that got him elected in the first place? The Theocracy saw to it that Khatami's civil state experiment failed, which is why Ahmadenejad is in the head puppet position as he is now. Please elaborate.
  • AuthorJoe, on 07/08/2009, -0/+0The man is in denial. The Iranian president will soon move to take over completely. Yeah, Yeah, there are probably a lot of people who might disagree and that's ok. Time will tell the story. It will happen and history will come to a full circle. What everyone is leaving out is the real strong possibility that Israel will attack soon. Iran will be moving forward with their surprise performance called BOOM! Oh yea, we will just say something like "Yes, it was a boom but it wasn't really that significant to worry about it"! Wow, we really have become a paper tiger. We need to pack up and get out of dodge as fast as we can, before all hell breaks lose and we will be in the middle of it all. We are BROKE and we need to lick our wounds and prepare to protect our own borders and country. Russia, Iran and China is setting us up for the final blow and we want to pass the peace pipe and sing kumbayah. What the @#$@#@ is going on here? Please look into investing in home made bunkers because it is going to be the next big money maker. Hope they come with financing. Ha, Ha, Ha.
  • makkaveli19, on 07/06/2009, -3/+2If i had millions of people out in the streets supporting me i would not go into hiding for 3-4 weeks. The people and the government know that if he is harmed in any way it's just going to piss the protesters off even more.
  • inactive, on 07/06/2009, -3/+2Who cares about Iran's revolution when Michael Jackson is dead?
  • bizzywho, on 07/06/2009, -2/+0Have you read Confessions of an Economic Hitman? The CIA has done that plenty of times in other countries in which they deposed the dictator.

    Iran ranks as the 4th largest oil producer and the CIA will stop at nothing to get it in U.S. hands.
  • bizzywho, on 07/06/2009, -3/+0Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRwUZ-u6KFo
  • writeb, on 07/06/2009, -5/+2I've had a couple of realizations throughout this election conflict:

    1. Mousavi is pretty much in full martyr mode right now, and will probably get 'got' before too long. Whether that be exile or imprisonment on the "soft" side, to, you know what on the other. This is the express route to furthering his movement and I wish it wasn't so stereotypically predictable at this point. He's been on cruise control since the election, and I haven't heard anything profound from him since.
    2. The psycho (Ahmadenejad) more than likely won the election handily in a fair count, regardless of any shenanigans. I think the Western world overestimates the charm of their culture and political system. Meanwhile, the others like or fear Ahmadenejad enough to vote for him.
    3. No doubt a seed *has* been planted. This is the most substantial development of all of this. Over the next election cycle, there may be a substantial change. But we have to be patient and observe from afar.
  • TheDatabit, on 07/06/2009, -6/+1Didn't read the article but when I first saw the link I thought it was mouse avi. Clicked expecting a video of a mouse doing something funny but instead got a bunch of text. BOOO
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