Article - Iran's Greens Deserted

Iranian Greens Riot

Found this article to be interesting and republishing it here for your interest.

Iran’s Greens deserted
By Ismael Hossein-zadeh

One year after his feverishly contested re-election, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad seems be to standing on firmer political ground than any other time during his time in office . Having withstood relentless destabilization plots, from within [...]

Full text of Guardian Council report on Iran presidential election

After the 2009 elections, most news agencies and pro-Mousavi supporters completely ignored the Guardian Council’s report in regards to the investigation they did for the elections. I am posting the full text of the report, from the original link at Iranaffairs.com.

2009 Iranian Elections proven legitimate

No credible evidence published so far indicates that Ahmadinejad stole Iran’s 2009 presidential election – or, for that matter, that any fraud at all [...]

Bias and mistakes in understanding Iranian politics

The death of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri coincided with the Ashura, the Shia ceremony mourning the martyrdom of Hussein has caused the protests to flare again.

People are angry, with no specific plan or desired outcome, aside from “change” ,as if blind change is a good plan.

Some things I noticed and dislike:

Making “heroes” of victims. I read that Times [...]