Politic 101 » Ahmadinejad http://politic.osm.net Opinion and analysis on global politics, events and the people in power ... Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:38:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Lessons in democracy … http://politic.osm.net/2009/06/lessons-in-democracy/ http://politic.osm.net/2009/06/lessons-in-democracy/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:39:55 +0000 Catrina http://politic.osm.net/?p=741 Iran held presidential elections on the 12 June with four names on the ballot but only two that mattered: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (the incumbent), and Mir-Hossein Mousavi. With high turnout paralleled only by the growing anticipation for change – the official results were announced – a landslide win to Ahmadinejad. As the news broke tensions flared followed by broad public dissent, protests, accusations of fraud, and according to unverified reports the Grand Ayatollah Yousof Sanei has declared the elections unlawful and Mehdi Karroubi has stated that he does not recognise the election result. There are also suggestions that the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may be under threat. If there is something to learn here – it’s that even in a limited democracy, the people have a voice – one way or another.

For more on the emerging story:

Huffington Post : News : Iran Election
New York Times : World : Countries and Territories : Iran
Wikipedia: Iranian presidential election, 2009
Twitter : #iranelection


Images: TehranLive.org

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