14
Jun 09“Iran has a bright future, with so many young people getting involved.”
If you haven’t been following Iran’s election results, I suggest you do so. TPM and Andrew Sullivan have been covering the story in-depth, much better than the mainstream media, blah blah blah blogs are great.
But if you don’t want to wade into all that, here’s Laura Secor’s one-stop NYer story:
There can be no question that the June 12, 2009 Iranian presidential election was stolen. Dissident employees of the Interior Ministry, which is under the control of President Ahmadinejad and is responsible for the mechanics of the polling and counting of votes, have reportedly issued an open letter saying as much.
[...]
What is most shocking is not the fraud itself, but that it was brazen and entirely without pretext.
Tagged: civil liberty, news, politics