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Kayhan / Hossein Shariatmadari
21-May-2009 (8 comments)

هرچه زمان برگزاری انتخابات ریاست جمهوری دهم نزدیکتر می شود، ساختارشکنی نامزدهای جبهه اصلاحات و عبور آنها از مرزهای تعریف شده اسلام، انقلاب و منافع ملی بیشتر و پررنگ تر می شود. این هنجارشکنی ها در پاره ای از موارد تا آنجا پیش می رود که به نظر می رسد نامزدهای جبهه یاد شده -خدای نخواسته- برای تأمین منافع از دست رفته دشمنان مردم به میدان آمده اند!

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The Prince

Dangerous words

by The Prince on Thu May 21, 2009 01:03 PM PDT

Hossein bazjoo, the monster responsible for the torture of many of the children of Iran, including the wife of his good friend, Saeed Emami, is showing the real and true face of IRI during the election time.

As much as I hate to say it, but if we don’t vote, vampires like this will gain more and more powers. It is a choice between the worse and the worst. But I am hoping by the passage of time, perhaps within a few years, the choice will be between bad and worse, …. and so on and so forth.



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Ostaad

Ali and Prince, may I butt in?

by Ostaad on Fri May 22, 2009 09:12 AM PDT

I do think the person who gets the higher number of votes will get elected because all candidates are vetted by the Shorayeh Negahban and they all fall within the narrow parameters set by it. Therefore, ALL finalist candidates are "acceptable" to the powers that be and the people are free to choose among them. This, to those who are familiar with the US electoral system, sounds like the primaries and final election rolled into one.

The issue, as Hajminator pointed out eloquently, is IRI's direction during the next four years. Just like the US voters who had to decide between pragmatism, rationality and hope for a different direction, the Iranian nation has to decide between moderate stance in domestic and foreign policies.

I don't like to predict Iran's electoral results because I don't live there and I'm not in touch with everyday life, but I think Mousavi will win. Here's my rationale:

Ahmadinejads suddent and stratospheric ascendance to presidency from  being the mayor of Tehran, was due to the fact that George Bush was a clear and present threat to Iran and Ahmadinejad's support by the Sepah and his relations with other organs of Iran military-industrial complex were deemed necessary by the Shora to ward off the US threat. I'm sure if McCain had been elected, Ahmadinejad's "re-election" would have been a certainty.

Ahmadinejad's policies and reputation will not server Iran's interests when it comes to the restoration and rapprochement with the West in general and the US in particular.

This is why I think Mousavi will be the man.


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The Prince

Mahmudg

by The Prince on Thu May 21, 2009 06:31 PM PDT

Mass Revolution has given us IRI, and the "freedom fighting forces of America" have produced Iraq and Afghanestan.  Thank you, but No, thank you!!

 


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mahmoudg

Cleanse Persia from his kind

by mahmoudg on Thu May 21, 2009 06:12 PM PDT

Unfortunatley there is only two ways we can rid Persia of his like.  The people of Iran revolt en masse, in which case goons like Shariat madari would resort to murdering millions of Iranians to stay in power.  Or support the freedom fighting forces of America to liberate our Nation.  I see no other alternative......


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khatar, khatar. Warning! Warning.

by 1 hamvatan (not verified) on Thu May 21, 2009 05:19 PM PDT

//www.kayhannews.ir/detail.aspx?cid=14827 this link has Trojan. do not enter.it can damage your computer. Not worth reading anything they say anyway.


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Hajminator

Ali P.

by Hajminator on Thu May 21, 2009 04:09 PM PDT

The answer to your question is No. Djavvad Salehi a professor in economy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
has proven that the votes manipulation in Iran can lead to 1 to 2% differences in the final results.

The question is not, will my vote be taken into account? The question is do you want to see the populist Ahmadinejad destroy your country 4 more years?

A partial response from Mark Fowler at the Huffington Post:

“We should encourage all Iranians, in the strongest possible terms, to vote in the upcoming Iranian Presidential election.” Such a move would boost America’s popularity among average Iranians, while nudging the Iranian government in a moderate direction. “First, it will emphasize an important, shared value with which many in Iran will be able to identify. In addition, higher voter turnout, more than almost any other means, is likely to result in the election of more moderate candidates by causing the regime to think twice about manipulating the vote count as it appears to have done in recent elections.”


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The Prince

Ali P.

by The Prince on Thu May 21, 2009 04:08 PM PDT

Here is what I think. And believe me,  I had to struggle  with this a lot! I do not think it is much about who will actually win the race. At the end of the day, they’re all the same, and geda Ali is the man. The point is to take a directed and effective action. With the IRI's strong hold on the throat of the nation, there are not many other realistic ways for people to voice their anger and frustration, except to get violent, which history has tought us that it never works for the better.   Even if, the worse is not elected this time, and the worst will, I believe by practicing democracy, the worst will eventually turn in to worse, and then after some more time to bad, then who knows? Maybe someday eventually to not-so-bad and even good!   Perhaps we may not live long enough to see that day, but we still have to do the right thing.


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Ali P.

To: Prince

by Ali P. on Thu May 21, 2009 03:27 PM PDT

 

We all know the IRI enforces that "nezaarat-eh-estesvabee", by the "Counsil of Guardians" to weed out the unwanted elements from the race.

But do you believe the person with the actual higher votes gets elected, or whoever the establishment picks?

(I, honestly, do not know the answer, but I am curious to know what you think)


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