Iran's Clarifying Election (Is Nutjob Victory a Coup in Disguise?)

WSJ ^ | 6/15/2009 | Amir Taheri

[mojito]

...Mr. Ahmadinejad was credited with more votes than anyone in Iran's history. If the results are to be believed, he won in all 30 provinces, and among all social and age categories. His three rivals, all dignitaries of the regime, were humiliated by losing even in their own hometowns. This was an unprecedented result even for the Islamic Republic, where elections have always been carefully scripted charades.

Many in Tehran, including leading clerics, see the exercise as a putsch by the military-security organs that back Mr. Ahmadinejad. Several events make these allegations appear credible. The state-owned Fars News Agency declared Mr. Ahmadinejad to have won with a two-thirds majority even before the first official results had been tabulated by the Interior Ministry. Mr. Ahmadinejad's main rival, former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, retaliated by declaring himself the winner. That triggered a number of street demonstrations, followed with statements by prominent political and religious figures endorsing Mr. Mousavi's claim.

Then something unprecedented happened. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last word on all issues of national life, published a long statement hailing Mr. Ahmadinejad's "historic victory" as "a great celebration." This was the first time since 1989, when he became supreme leader, that Mr. Khamenei commented on the results of a presidential election without waiting for the publication of official results. Some analysts in Tehran tell me that the military-security elite, now controlling the machinery of the Iranian state, persuaded Mr. Khamenei to make the unprecedented move.

[mojito]

Best analysis I've read by a leading expert on Iran.

[Jeffrey_D.]

(Is Nutjob Victory a Coup in Disguise?)

No, it was and always has been an election in disguise.

[Star Traveler]

The article said — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last word on all issues of national life, published a long statement hailing Mr. Ahmadinejad’s “historic victory” as “a great celebration.”

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Considering Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported Ahmadinejad from the beginning, that’s not a real big surprise... LOL...

[Red Badger]

Either one would be as bad, but maybe not as vocal as the Little Horn. The mullahs control everything, including the elections. Even if the challenger wins, Israel is still in danger, as is the rest of the world, especially Europe. It’s like deciding who will be your executioner....................

[Star Traveler]

You said — No, it was and always has been an election in disguise.

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Yes, indeed...

[pabianice]

The Chicago vote put him over the top...

[DFG]

(Is Nutjob Victory a Coup in Disguise?)

Are you referring to dinner jacket or BO?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Looks like the mullah's are going for the kill.

[BigEdLB]

Iran has redefined dead people voting...
You see not only do diseased `martyrs` (murderers) come back to vote... Their 72 virgins get to come to earth and vote for Imanutjob as well. That is how you get a 2-1 margin.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

And our media elites still perpetuate the myth that life there is better now than when Iran was under the Shah.

[mollynme]

Believing that he has already defeated the United States, Mr. Ahmadinejad will be in no mood for compromise. Moments after his victory he described the U.S. as a "crippled creature" and invited President Obama to a debate at the United Nations General Assembly, ostensibly to examine "the injustice done by world arrogance to Muslim nations."

Let's see how the sycophantic media spin this in regard to zero's Cairo speech.

[InterceptPoint]

"Mr. Ahmadinejad also plans to seize the assets of hundreds of mullahs and their business associates for redistribution among the poor. In his speech at his victory rally yesterday he promised to "dismantle the network of corruption,..."

Hmmmmm. Sounds familiar. Where have I heard this sort of language before?

[oneamericanvoice]

I think ACORN was involved. (tee hee)

[SDShack]

Excellent article! The real question is how will 0zero react? He has chosen to hide for the last 3 days and send HilBeast and Stand Up Joe out to craft the administration response of “We are monitoring the situation closely”. Wow, such leadership!
0zero has got himself in a box. Does he fulfil his campaign promise of negotiating with Iran without preconditions, thereby legitimizing an illegitimate regime?
You can bet Ozero will never say democracy prevailed in Iran and the people rejected his “Hope & Change” Cairo speech. Instead, 0zero will blame the hardline policies of GWBush are what strengthened “I’m A Nut Job”, and because of that he has no choice but to try the diplomacy that GWBush rejected with a fraudulant leader.
Of course all the diplomacy will fail and “I’m A Nut Job” will just get stronger and bolder until he lights the fuse that ultimately blows up the Middle East.

[PapaBear3625]

On another thread Iran's Military Coup, is another theory. Ahmadinejad is the favorite of the Pasdaran (the Revolutionary Guard), since he was one of them.

Think of this as a conflict between factions within the ruling elite.

[mojito]

Thanks for that interesting link.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[ridesthemiles]

No, it was and always has been an election in disguise.”

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[ridesthemiles]

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[JasonC]

I'd put it - no, because it isn't disguised. It is plain as a pikestaff about always has been, like everything else about Iran. A fact studiously avoided by the pinheaded left of the developed world, because it involves a kind of moral clarity they fear above all things.