Further thingummy:

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This is Tehran by night:

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The Times reports "Khamenei tells Mousavi to toe the line over election or be cast out" -- although do not specify what is meant by "cast out."

Meanwhile, Friday prayers have just taken place and The Guardian's liveblog reports Aytollah Khamenei as saying the following:

( Friday prayer address )

A handy slide show of lesser-known political figures.

Military coup?

End of Khamenei?

Hope for the Iranian-Israeli relationship?

Those of us who wish to see democracy and religious freedom in Iran are very excited about the possibility of seeing the back of Ahmadinejad, possibly even of Khamenei. But Mousavi and Rafsanjani are by no means perfect.

An analysis from before the election. (Disclaimer -- apparently this guy is a neo-con ( Read more... )

Another article on the dangers of reducing Mousavi/Ahmadinejad supporters to a simple urban/rural divide.

Lists of events in solidarity with the Iranian people, global.

That photoshopped image again with more explanation on what it's supposed to be, at The Daily Kos.

A handy explanation of who the forces out on the streets firing at protesters ( Read more... )

Six pieces of evidence that the Iranian elections were stolen.

And then there's the fact that turnout, on the official numbers, exceeded 100% in over 30 towns.

(ETA, from eyelid, this article drawing particular attention to the implausibility that 40 million handwritten ballots were counted in a matter of hours (normally it takes 3 days for the ( Read more... )

I try not to jump to conclusions. And I'm suspicious of the Western media when it gets a particular bone between its teeth and decides that a story is going to be sold in a given way. Eg, "Rigged election in Iran leads to freedom fighting protests on the streets and dictatorial government clampdown." It sounds incredibly oversimplified.

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