Gary Sick

A 'Coup' by Iran's Rulers?

On Friday, Iranians went to the polls to decide the fate of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. One day later, government officials announced the results: 62.6 percent of the vote for Ahmadinejad and 33.75 percent for the lead opposition candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi. The numbers were quickly disputed by Mousavi's supporters, who, according to an unidentified witness on CNN, "were mostly young 20-something men and women." Large protests such as the one seen here took place, and many others have occurred over the past few days.The government blocked text messaging, Facebook, and YouTube, but this ...

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