Iran

There is an amazing bunch of photographs up at Iran’s Mehr News site illustrating the government’s recent decree of haircuts that fall in line with Iranian and Islamic principles. While the guidelines are intended to…

The latest from today in Iran: “All of a sudden some 500 people with clubs came out of [undecipherable] mosque and they started beating everyone. They tried to beat everyone on [undecipherable] bridge and throwing them off of the bridge. And everyone also on the…

It is really quite something that the New York Times is running, on page one, above the fold, an article about yesterday’s White House press briefing that says “President Obama hardened his tone toward Iran on Tuesday.” Ooh…

Don’t be sweating that up to 3 million votes in Iran could be dicey or, you know, fake. A Guardian Council spokesman explained that “voter turnout of above 100% in some cities is a normal phenomenon because there is no legal limitation for…

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has basically promised that people are going to get hurt this weekend in Iran, if they keep protesting an election that had up to 140% turnout figures in some towns. Even without those anomalies, have a look at the math. And brace yourself for the weekend.

“The Guardian Council, one of Iran’s top oversight bodies, said Thursday it would invite the country’s three unsuccessful presidential challengers to a meeting to discuss the contested weekend elections.” Uh…

According to Iran state radio, seven demonstrators were killed Monday night. Iran’s “Guardian Council” (mmm, hmm) has now said it will recount the vote in “contested areas.” Is a limited recount enough? Not bloody likely. Outside Iran, people are looking into the raw election…