Random Variable

Everything that needs to be said about the EU elections has already been said elsewhere.

But the Iranian elections?

I’ve taken a particular interest in Iran ever since being approached by the “former terrorist” group and possible recipient of US Black Ops funding, Mujahadin-E-Khalq outside UCL Waterstones last April, so I was keen to see what was going to happen in this election.

Seriously, a 4 year old could cover up the fraud better than that. See Juan Cole’s post.

I’m willing to acede that Ahmedinijad could have won the general election in a runoff, but with no substantial vote differences across regions and between cities and rural areas, there’s no way he gained a majority of the votes with 4 candidates, and an extremely strong challenger.

The MSM needs to get its act together. The Iranian neocons have rolled back the reforms of the Rafanjani and Khatami period, and the supreme guardians don’t care too much for reformers, since reform means curbing state largesse,which challenges their resource base. Obama effect?!? And you’re focus on youth in cities ignores what’s happening elsewhere. Not that you perform any differently when looking at US domestic politics, hey?

And to state-owned English language PressTV: you’re not AlJazeera, so f**k off. That includes Gilligan and Galloway. Twats.