Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the creepy Iranian president, has stolen the election. All mobile phone text messaging services were shut down, disabling opposition co-ordinating activity on the day itself. People were bribed with potatoes, many outside the cities who are insecure about their economic future were bought off by the regime at the last minute. The palpable anger of peoples’ response to the fraudulent count on the streets is breathtaking to behold. So far, at least one-hundred opposition activists have been herded up by the state. The real figure will no doubt be much higher.

Mousavi was a ray of hope in Iran - to bring it out of the fundamentalist straitjacket, and into the modern sphere.

Now Iran enters into a dark period - perhaps civil war, most certainly repression for anyone who dares to voice opposition to the tyranny. Ahmandinejad’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles can only mean a possible confrontation. He is bad news for everyone, but above all the Iranian people themselves.  This hard liner, who is a Holocaust denier, is also of the view that Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth.

               

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