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| Ahmadinejad's Opponent Arrested |
| 2009-06-13 |
| Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was reportedly arrested Saturday following the reformist's defeat at the polls by hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Supporters of Mousavi, the main challenger to Ahmadinejad, responded to the election with the most serious unrest in Tehran in a decade and charged that the result was the work of a dictatorship. Mousavi's arrest was reported by an unofficial source, according to whom the presidential hopeful was arrested en route to the home of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Nevertheless, there were a number of contradictory reports from Iran on Saturday, in large part due to the heavy restrictions imposed on the media in the Islamic Republic, in particular on foreign reporters. It was also reported Saturday that former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani resigned from all of his official positions in protest against the results of the election, which Mousavi denounced as rigged. By nightfall, cell phone service appeared to have been cut in the capital Tehran. And Ahmadinejad, in a nationally televised victory speech, accused the foreign media of coverage that harms the Iranian people. There was more rioting at night and fires continued to burn on the streets of Tehran. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #16 I guess our diplomats never met a dictator they didn't like It's called envy. I nominate Procopius2k's remark for Snark O' the Day |
| Posted by: badanov 2009-06-13 23:00 |
| #15 Here is our President Barack Hussien Obama comments on the Middle East elections |
| Posted by: Ebboluse Hitler9646 2009-06-13 22:13 |
| #14 I guess our diplomats never met a dictator they didn't like. It's called envy. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-06-13 21:58 |
| #13 THe jerks at state are already trying to bury this in hopes of a deal on nukes, instead of inciting and aiding the forces that favor liberty. I guess our diplomats never met a dictator they didn't like. (c.f. Kim Jon Il). |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-06-13 21:44 |
| #12 More like - Jumanji - movie tagline - "Roll the dice and unleash the excitement!" - America took a "roll of the dice" and got Barry "who sane" (?) O - BAM - A - and now as the story goes - When two kids play an old magic board-game they found, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game. One can only guess how this game will end. |
| Posted by: Grolunter Bonaparte6576 2009-06-13 20:52 |
| #11 Iran has an educated urban youth who were just robbed of their hopes of a little more freedom. But the voting power has always been in the rural areas and the villages. And that's where Ahmadinejad has been dumping money and goodies. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-06-13 20:40 |
| #10 I start getting worried about America And the world. It feels like we're playing some cosmic game of Jenga. Which rod, once withdrawn, will cause the whole structure to collapse? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-06-13 20:28 |
| #9 Pre-election reporting "Iranians around the world also voted. In Dubai, home to an estimated 200,000 Iranians, the streets around the polling station at the Iranian consulate were jammed with voters overwhelmingly favoring Mousavi. “He is our Obama,” said Maliki Zadehamid, a 39-year-old exporter" - more at link - |
| Posted by: Grolunter Bonaparte6576 2009-06-13 20:16 |
| #8 EC, remember that any statement by any member of any administration concerning Iran will be loudly denounced as: 1) Imperialistic 2) 'Arrogant' 3) Great Satanism/Jewish Mischief™ Given her paucity of real options, the SecState probably did as well as could be expected. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2009-06-13 20:14 |
| #7 Hillary is an Obama mouthpiece, which, if you consider the Monica episode, is kinda ironic |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-06-13 19:31 |
| #6 "US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she hoped the outcome reflects the "genuine will and desire" of Iranian voters" If Obama is Zero, she is Double Zero I start getting worried about America |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-06-13 19:18 |
| #5 It looks like Mousavi was really surprised by the results or he wouldn't have reacted so strongly. Dinner Jacket controls the election results. Had he been any smarter he would have rigged them 52% or so. Looks like the current results defy credibility. This is NOT a bad outcome since the regime will need to show its corrupt despotic face in earnest. Let's see what will come out of that. Iran has an educated urban youth who were just robbed of their hopes of a little more freedom. That could backfire big time |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-06-13 19:16 |
| #4 How long must we wait until Mir Hossein Mousavi is charged as US CIA spy? Or has an 'accident'? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-06-13 18:06 |
| #3 ...and a Mossad agent |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-06-13 18:03 |
| #2 How long must we wait until Mir Hossein Mousavi is charged as US CIA spy? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-13 17:30 |
| #1 sweeeeet. The Imams and Short Round are in panic mode. Let's you know how valid the results are. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-06-13 17:03 |