Tag Archives: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The Lost Election

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Muller

Mass demonstrations in particular in Tehran these days, even with casualties, give the strong impression that the majority of the Iranian people will not accept the results of last week’s presidential election when the incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yielded allegedly … Continue reading →

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Fraudulent Reporting

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Muller

According to official announcements, the incumbent Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won the election with 62.6% of the votes while his main challenger, former prime minister and reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi, yielded a disappointing 33.8%. The two other candidates, former … Continue reading →

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Re-election

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Muller

A few notes on the results of the Iranian presidential election. It’s not surprising. It would have been quite a sensation if the incumbent populist hardliner president wouldn’t have been re-elected. Definitely sort of a political earthquake with imponderable consequences, … Continue reading →

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Election

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Muller

The Guardian Council of the Iranian Islamic theocracy has just started screening of 475 electoral hopefuls who have signed-up for the June 12 presidential election. The winner is already known, the incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. There is no other choice for … Continue reading →

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Damage Control

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Muller

Not entirely unprecedented, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad interfered today with yesterday’s verdict of the Revolutionary Court sending Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi to jail for 8 years for charges of espionage. In his letter to Tehran’s prosecutor he interestingly also mentioned … Continue reading →

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