Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Iran farce (again)

Michael Ledeen, always well informed on all things Iranian, tells us convincingly that the real turnout in the Iranian "elections" could have been around 10% and not 65% as claimed by the Mullahcracy:

Despite this, the mullahs trotted out rosy reports of big voter turnouts, and even broadcast "live" TV coverage of voters queued up, waiting patiently to make their voices heard. The only problem was that the pictures were from past elections. One woman called up a Tehran radio station to say that she was sitting at home watching the tube, and saw herself voting. Very droll indeed.

The unexpected second place gained by the infamous Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after various contradicting official announcements is also very fishy. He will face Rafsanjani in the run-off.

The "reformers" are going to back Rafsanjani, and the "hard liners" will go all out for their man Ahmadinejad.

Will the Revolutionary Guards and the fanatical Basijis accept a Rafsanjani victory or can we expect a military coup if he wins?

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