What Actually Happened in the Iranian Presidential Election?
By ESAM AL-AMIN
Since the June 12 Iranian presidential elections, Iran "experts” have mushroomed like bacteria in a Petri dish. So here is a quiz for all those instant experts. Which major country has elected more presidents than any in the world since 1980? Further, which nation is the only one that held ten presidential elections within thirty years of its revolution?
The answer to both questions, of course, is Iran. (...)
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What Actually Happened in the Iranian Presidential Election?
26 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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MEDIA PROPAGANDA ON IRAN
25 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentMEDIA PROPAGANDA ON IRAN
(Submitted by a WRH reader)
Okay Mike, I had to share this with you, I would have laughed at how pitiful this propaganda is, but as a british ex-pat, maybe I will just cry.
You know the LA times article you listed with Ahmadinejad waving and the caption ’Hundreds of thousands in Iran protest vote result’?
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More Gaza-capades
23 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsDespite repeated international calls for a halt in the expansion of settlements, Israel continues the construction of illegal buildings in the occupied West Bank.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved the construction of 240 new homes in the West Bank on Tuesday, Haaretz reported.
Based on the report 60 of the 300 homes slated for the Talmon settlement have already been built.
While the international community including the US, Israel’s closes ally, has been calling for a complete (...) -
China sells US bonds to ’show concern’
19 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
China sells US bonds to ’show concern’
BEIJING (AFP) — A decision by China to reduce its US Treasury holdings suggests concern about the US attitude towards its economic woes, Chinese economists were quoted as saying in state media Wednesday.
The remarks, coming after US data showed a modest decline in Chinese investments in US government bonds, were in contrast to an earlier statement in Beijing which had said the recent sell-off was a routine transaction.
"China is implying to the (...) -
Iranian Elections: The ‘Stolen Elections’ Hoax
19 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentIranian Elections: The ‘Stolen Elections’ Hoax
by Prof. James Petras
Global Research, June 18, 2009
“Change for the poor means food and jobs, not a relaxed dress code or mixed recreation... Politics in Iran is a lot more about class war than religion.” Financial Times Editorial, June 15 2009
Introduction There is hardly any election, in which the White House has a significant stake, where the electoral defeat of the pro-US candidate is not denounced as illegitimate by the entire (...) -
Iran protests: breeding ground for new revolution?
18 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
The West may take advantage of mass protests in Iran following the re-election of President Ahmadinejad to organize a ‘green’ revolution similar to color revolutions in former Soviet states, says journalist Wayne Madsen.
“What may have been a mass protest without foreign interference may now be subsidized by people like George Soros. We are talking about yet another themed revolution – in this case, a green revolution,” Madsen told RT.
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What they deserve
18 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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Are You Ready For War With Demonized Iran?
18 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Are You Ready For War With Demonized Iran?
June 16, 2009
How much attention do elections in Japan, India, Argentina, or any other country, get from the US media? How many Americans and American journalists even know who is in political office in other countries besides England, France, and Germany? Who can name the political leaders of Switzerland, Holland, Brazil, Japan, or even China?
Yet, many know of Iran’s President Ahmadinejad. The reason is obvious. He is daily demonized in (...) -
Proof: "Israeli Effort" to Destabilize Iran Via Twitter #Iran Election
18 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Right-wing Israeli interests are engaged in an all out Twitter attack with hopes of delegitimizing the Iranian election and causing political instability within Iran.
Anyone using Twitter over the past few days knows that the topic of the Iranian election has been the most popular. Thousands of tweets and retweets alleging that the election was a fraud, calling for protests in Iran, and even urging followers hack various Iranian news websites (which they did successfully). The Twitter (...) -
Pakistan general: US interfering in Iran affairs
18 June 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentPakistan general: US interfering in Iran affairs
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:10:24 GMT
Former Pakistani Army General Mirza Aslam Beig claims the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has distributed 400 million dollars inside Iran to evoke a revolution.
In a phone interview with the Pashto Radio on Monday, General Beig said that there is undisputed intelligence proving the US interference in Iran.
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