Public Opinion in Tehran: Can Iran's Presidential Elections Influence Change?
Huffington Post
03-Jun-2009 (one comment)

Iran's president is responsible for the country's foreign and domestic economic policies, and manages daily political affairs with his departmental ministers. He does not, however, establish the guidelines of Iran's domestic and foreign policies, nor does he have command over the security services and armed forces. These powers remain in the hands of the Supreme Leader, who is appointed for life by an Assembly of Experts. Nevertheless, many policymakers in Washington still believe that Iran's 10th presidential elections might affect their response to US overtures.

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Different factions in Iran acting like the Mob

by Mob mentality (not verified) on Wed Jun 03, 2009 01:50 PM PDT

This "election" reminds me of the city of Chicago in the 20s and 30s where each Mafia group was in charge and control of part of the city and had some city officals on their payroll and in their pockets, all various groups of the mob were at war with one another and even physically eliminated members of the rival groups if they could to get the upper hand in control of the entire city and sadly average ordinary citizens of Chicago could not do a damn thing but to live with and endure the hardship.


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