Well, can't say you didn't see this coming. Even though reformist opponent Mir Hossein Moussavi was heavily seen as the favorite, incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad managed to gain over 62 percent of the vote. I, for one, am not surprised.
Even though Ahmadinejad spent more time agitating the U.S. and the Jewish nation with his nuclear threats and Holocaust-denying rants than trying to fix the Iranian economy, he won.
Even though he broke his 2005 campaign promises of extending women's rights and general freedoms by extending a 'moral police' force upon the Iranians, he won.
62 percent of the vote at that, even though he was seen by many as the underdog.
Like I said- this just does not surprise me.
Perhaps the Iranian clerics (who are really the ones in power in this country) decided that Moussavi's progressive stance on women's rights was not in line with the current religious state of the Muslim faith. So, they rigged the elections. Maybe even intimidated voters. How could anybody do anything about it if independent observers weren't allowed?
Due to this shocking revelation (well, not to the outside observer), expect some serious uproar to occur in the next few months. The Iranian voters are not taking this news very lightly at all.
2000 election, anyone?
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Even though Ahmadinejad spent more time agitating the U.S. and the Jewish nation with his nuclear threats and Holocaust-denying rants than trying to fix the Iranian economy, he won.
Even though he broke his 2005 campaign promises of extending women's rights and general freedoms by extending a 'moral police' force upon the Iranians, he won.
62 percent of the vote at that, even though he was seen by many as the underdog.
Like I said- this just does not surprise me.
Perhaps the Iranian clerics (who are really the ones in power in this country) decided that Moussavi's progressive stance on women's rights was not in line with the current religious state of the Muslim faith. So, they rigged the elections. Maybe even intimidated voters. How could anybody do anything about it if independent observers weren't allowed?
Due to this shocking revelation (well, not to the outside observer), expect some serious uproar to occur in the next few months. The Iranian voters are not taking this news very lightly at all.
2000 election, anyone?
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