Good News for the World?
June 10, 2009
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Posted by Michael S. Langston
For the next couple of days, the eyes of the world will be on Iran and their upcoming Presidential election. While Ahmadinejad’s backers include Iran Security forces and state TV, his reformist challenger Mousavi, is still getting out the word through more open forms of communication.
While it’s unlikely at this point to know if the election is not going to be rigged, it is certainly a good thing to see such dynamic debate in the theocratic regime of Iran (here):
They came face-to-face with a similar number of Ahmadinejad’s backers, who were gathering at the Imam Ruhollah Khomeini mosque, with each side shouting slogans and waving their respective flags.
Even with state backing of the current President and refusal of the state to allow the contender any place to hold rallies, the reformers in Iran are still brave enough to speak out (here):
Supporters of Ahmadinejad’s main challenger, former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, had to be more inventive to find a place for their rally. Over the weekend, a government organization refused permission for his campaign to use Tehran’s 120,000-seat Azadi Stadium for a rally originally planned for Sunday. But in less than 24 hours, using text messages and Facebook postings, thousands of Mousavi backers gathered along Vali-e Asr Avenue, Tehran’s 12-mile-long arterial road.
While it’s true that in Iran, the President does not have a lot of power due to the authority of the mullahs and the election will likely be rigged to what the mullahs want to see – it’s still good news to see a petty tyrant, holocaust denier, being diminished in middle eastern politics.
Let’s hope this trend continues.
Categories: Elections, International
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Tags: Elections, Freedom, International, Iran
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