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farhad02

and are you sure that's a step in the right direction?

He offers very little to none in solutions! but...

He will certainly be a welcome change from Ahmadinead but he doesn't offer much for details! However, even his general comments on policies seem to offer an improvement!

For those of us who will participate in these elections knowing they are not free and democratic, we do so, knowing that every little step in the right direction is better than staying where we are!

Anonymoussss

Play dumb! Huh!

I KNOW that's why you are. Problem being that's your justification... And you expect me to say "awww, you poor thing, you've been constrained into voting that way"?

Tell you what, in the beginning, I would probably have said that. Now that I've debated quite a few of you (also having observed one who tells me not to "play dumb"), I'll say what a bunch of &%@Ç (<--- replace with whatever you wish) you should be to have to be forced into voting for Mousavi so Ahmadinejad doesn't roll in again! Ajab mellate khak bar sari bayad bashim ke intor bashe...

Parham

Dont play dumb. Many of us are voting not because we agree with Mousavi or velayet imam zaman but for the sake of throwing Ahmadinejad under the bus.

هیچوقت اصل تقیه را در اسلام فراموش نکنید.

هررای که به صندوق‌ها ریخته شود رای به جمهوری اسلامی است. این گفته سران جمهوری اسلامی است. با شرکت درانتخابات، به جمهوری اسلامی، به ولایت مطلقه فقیه، به سیستمی که برپایه تبعیض جنسی، قوانین عقب مانده مذهبی و سرکوب و زندان و اعدام بنا شده است آری گفته ایم .

Oh yeah

VERY long way!
Where do you people come from? No really!
And why are you covering your face (see your handle and profile pic) if you're so confident?

Loser?

Sorry you see yourself like that.  Some self confidence will do you good.  Iran has come a very long way in 30 years despite all the hardships, granted, some of them self inficted.  Cynics who stand on the sideline and want Iran to burn so they can say "I told you so" don't get it.  Hence the lack of self confidence.

Big Boy

Riiight!
Then you wonder why Iranians have been on a losing streak for so long...

Brilliant.

Interestring and brilliant move!  Gets him some 'street cred' with the hardliners and denies Ahmadinejad the opportunity to label him a pro-west liberal. 

Once again, brilliant move you politically savvy man!  Setting up to be a check-mate Ahmadinejad...actually, too soon for that.  More of a "your move"!  Nonetheless, NICELY DONE, Mr. Mousavi.

So much for press freedom for now

Mousavi has just announced his culture and "ershaad" minister, and it's none other than Masih Mohajeri, manager of Jomhoori Eslami newspaper!
Are you guys still sure he's you freedom-loving, green, "reformist", peaceful coochie-coo Iranians' candidate? Hmmm?

Don't be changing your stance as we go along, eh?
Remember, it's Mousavi or bust!

very nice, thanks aliagha

He makes his case very clearly. He touches upon the every day complaints of a large group of his base very cleverly and thoroughly.

 I wish we could see a question and answer debate with other candidates. Concise and without a lengthy "benam khoda introduction" which turns off the listeners before it starts.  It would be great!

Not going anywhere!

DK, this regime is not going anywhere and the only change will come from within.  Finally, the US administration has recognized this and eventually so will you.  One has to be blind to not see the evolution of this regime and how far it has come over the past years.  Just take a moment and read about what is being said in the campaign.  Openly acknowledging lack of freedom of speech, political prisoners, week economic policies, horrid foreign policies, etc.  Absolutely no other country in the mid east (other that Israel) allows for such open political debate.  This regime has come a long way, and will continue on its path towards openness.

As for the past, tragic mistakes have been made, much of it due to turmoil after any revolution, foreign invasion, treason by Iranians, etc...

So, where do we go from here?  A cynic would say let Iran burn, turn his back on the country, only to take pleasure when Iran's equivalant of George Bush takes control for another 4 years and wreaks havoc, OR to engage, put aside the bitterness of the past (as horrendous as they were) and to look forward.  You will not change this regime, but all Iranians can be instrumental in pushing for reform and change from within.  The tone of the political debate is part of this evolution. 

Gol dust

I agree, he was honest enough that he almost exclusively talked about the economy, something he may actually be able to do something about.  He considered the electorate respectable enough not to hose them with human rights and due process which he can't do anything about.  As you say, he also did not go off on tangents of Palestine and Mahdi.   He was measured, and appeared reasonable.

He spoke about Iran first.  He was smart enough to talk about cause and effect, he linked addiction to bad economy and unemployment and not to some punishable moral failure he also linked government handouts to inflationary pressures. He spoke about Iran having become an exclusively import economy.  He spoke about an independent central bank that should not be controlled by the government.  He protested the dissolution of the Sazmane Barnameh Rizi and promised its restitution.  In my experience,, so far, none of the other candidates have had as credible of a presentation. (I have never heard Rezai speak)

Hardliner/Reformist tricks

Greetings,

AHAMDINEJAD did mention NEW WORLD ORDER. What is the point of him campaigning? IRAN needs to learn from Chinese and Vietnamese people to get ahead of other Muslim nations. Religion is a personal issue. GW Bush had hard line Christians back him but later he dumped them. It's a different world. Who gives a shit about them?

Big Boy: Treason is in the Eye of the Beholder ...

Speaking of Cynicism and Treason, Go Ask all those who have been imprisoned, tortured, humiliated in the past 30 years of this Brutal regime if by solving the economy you will give them back their dignity or life ...

NO SEMANTICS Will Change That !

You want to know what I support in the bottom of my heart more than Anything or Anybody not even Reza Pahlavi could deliver on his own ?

AN IRANIAN SOLIDARNOSC TO THROW THESE 30 YEARS OF AN UN IRANIAN AND UN HUMAN REGIME TO THE DUSTBINS OF HISTORY AND DOWN THE MEMORY LANE !

A COALITION OF ALL DEMOCRATS: Republican(Jomhury khah), Constitutional Monarchists, Socialists, Centrist, Even Reformists if they accept to not support the Velayeteh Fagih, genuine former revolutionaries who believed in democracy but were misled.

I don't seek Vengeance, I seek Unity and Cooperation towards a common goal: Regime Change

But I am Fed up of the Hypocrisy of assimilating the Iranian Opposition many of whom paid Dearly with their lives and personal family lives to Traitors ! All That Only because You suddenly discovered some Handsome and Well Dressed IRI Lobbyists in the US speak around a glass of wine and cocktail parties about the pragmaticism of Khatami or Moussavi orthat Ahmadinejad is actually the New Mossadegh of Iran !

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH !

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jKXWRzs-Mg

Like this You can Start Your Own Pictory Section and start reminding us of How Great these 30 Years have been and start Criticizing us.

I am not the Only One who believes that these elections are a Parody:

//iranian.com/main/news/2009/05/30-0

Ayatollah Montazeri Efshagari on the Massacres of 1988 and his ousting from power by Khamenei and Co:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO3XNaI0zno

Part II

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=df0jH5w_J_Q&feature=related

If this means They are Traitors too , Then I am Indeed a Traitor and Very Proud of It !

Mark My Word:

I WAS, AM AND WILL BE FOR REGIME CHANGE !

And lastly:

IRAN HARGUEZ NAKHAHAD MORD ! -Shahpour Bakhtiar

My Opinion Too,

DK

Khamenei is Mashhadi

Khamenei is Mashhadi

He has an accent, is he Tabrizi like Khamenei? Then, economy

will improve! Azaris are better businessmen than Semnanis! They value money more and know how to manage it! I don't think he is going to throw away money like the current one! At least he doesn't look like monkey! He seems more rational. I havn't watched the entire video, but he talks about economy, not Israel! That's a change right there! Let me watch the rest to see if my opinion (in 5 minutes) of him doesn't change!

Ok, I watched them all. he sounds good! If Amir Kabir is really his hero, then he is a good man, and there is hope for iran!

I guess, khamenei realized that Ahmadinejad can destroy the IRI, so he had to send someone else who can help the economy. I can see why all merchants supported him! They are all saying that Ahmadijead ruined the economy.

I love the way he criticizes him without insulting him. That's politeness and politics! He wasn't reading from teleprompter! He said why worrying about hezbollah when you need to take care of yourself!

I am glad to see that so

I am glad to see that so many Iranians, even those living abroad, are mobilizing to vote for Mousavi. Ahmadinejad will be out soon and a new grassroots movement will be born.

We've had enough of the pessimism and dark cynicism of people who have nothing better to do than armchair theorizing and telling us that we can't move forward! So, as Obama would say: Yes we can! :)

UNITE

My fellow compatriots,

Please unite to put this theocratic, terrorist, fascistic regime out of business, and take our country back. Deciding between bad or worse is what this government wants you to do.

BOYCOTT THE IRANIAN SO CALLED "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION".

PLEASE ADVOCATE TRULY FREE ELECTIONS AND THE DECREE SET FORTH BY KOUROSH...NOT BY AN AAKHOOND.

Mehrban

Did you see with what strength and conviction he defended his economic policies, that he defined one by one?? Wow! What a man!
Never seen a would-be-president put his rivals to shame so graciously with his intelligence! Wow, just wow!
He has said zeki to Lyndon Johnson.
Charles De Gaulle, roll in your grave. Here comes Mousavi.

Alahazrat Hajagha

Describe "Iran's reality" that you are so in touch with it.

Everybody

If you want to beat Antarinejad, just get out there and vote. And get your neighbours to go too.

So Sad!

The likes of the cynic Kadivar is what is wrong with Iran.  He actually wishes for Ahmadinejad to win, knowing full well the consequences for Iran.  In other words, he wishes continued harm for Iran.  Any other country, any other nationality and that would be treason.  Actually, not many others wish for harm for their country.

And to the guy wishing for Reza Pahlavi...hate to break it to you fella, ain't gonna happen!  But hey, nothing wrong with dreaming.  You and Kadivar should hang out and dream of the day when you'd your garden back. 

I thought Ahmadinejad Was YOUR New Mossadegh ...

What Happened to Your Enthusiasm for Agha DOCTOR Ahmadinejad ?

Some of you were even Campaigning Hard for him ! Trying To Sell him as OUR NEW MOSSADEGH !

Particularly YOur Good Ol' Friend Stephan Kinzer aka Tim Robbins

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=46sSrdInyNY

Hope Mahmoud Wins for Some Of You Truly Deserve Him after all !

Hmm... wasn't Amir Kabir a Prime Minister of a Royal Court ?;0)

I thought Moussavi was running for President  ? ...

So Amir Kabir is his Role Model ?

Well ,Well ...

I Hope for his sake that our Zahak Khamenei won't force him to cut his veins in the Bathtub ... for Raison D'Etat

Nasseredin Shah Assoudeh Bekhab Keh Ma Beedareem !

LOL

vote

another god damn akhond seating on the manbar and talking and talking and saying nothing meaningful,

Waste of Time

This man sitting there, just criticized what we all knew, but he offered nothing in respond to the problems, he has no solution because he knows he will not be able to do anything since there are people above him who won't let him do anything anyway.

So, The wholes regime must go all together.

To be honest, IRI is finish. No use beating the dead horse.

Time To go Back our way, the real way. Reza Pahlavi is the real solution to gain our country Back to where it suppose to be.

Out of touch

I think people who still talk about regime change and boycott election are simply out of touch with Iran's reality. I am not pro I.R, however I will cast my vote for Mousavi because I believe otherwise simply means supporting Ahmadinejad.
end of story

Bro Jolo Bogh bezan

this guy still stuck on pre- revulation and 8 years War. Another Scam of IR. Lets get ride of this monsters. Big NO to Islamic Republic .

What I like is

that he focuses on the economy which in fact is in the jurisdiction of the President. Unlike other presidential candidates who focus on human and civil rights while knowing full well that they would have very little say in the judiciary or police activities which falls in the jurisdiction of the Rahbar.