Community | June 11, 2009 | 6 comments

Iran's green revolution

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"Red" Ahmadinejad may have met his match.

All bets are off on the eve of the most crucial presidential election in the 30 years of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pepe Escobar argues the campaign of reformist - actually moderate conservative - Mir-Hossein Mousavi has evolved into a green revolution; the color of Islam and also the color of hope for a less confrontational, and more competent and pragmatic administration. Mousavi's campaign - roughly the Iranian equivalent of Obama's campaign in the US - has crossed all economic, ethnic and gender barriers, and was heavily supported by Iran's very young, tech-savvy population. He has the youth vote, the women's vote and the intelligentsia vote. But President Ahmadinejad, running for a second term, has the vote that counts the most: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's - not to mention the bulk of the rural, provincial vote. The stage is set for a second round between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi.
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  • mike4420
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  • blknight
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      blknight  

    • In my opinion the real problem is from the baby boomer generations and older. As soon as we remove them from the equation, all will be better (better as in better than what we have), from politics to anything. As a whole, they are the most close minded people plaguing the planet.

      For now they control most of the power in the world, and many of the policies in the world are dictated through power.

    • 2 years ago
  • Vierotchka
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      Bread_Basket  

    • I loved the video! And maybe it's just daydreaming but whose to say that Ayatollah Khamenei isn't using this election to subtly remove Ahmadinejad from power without practicing his more immediate power as the supreme leader to just boot him out. It'd be amazing to see the election turn out lean towards Mousavi but it'd be even more interesting to hear what Khamenei's thoughts are during the aftermath of today(which would be tomorrow).

    • 2 years ago
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