Democracy is a wonderful thing as long as the results put the right people in power. So when Ahmadinejad was swept back into power many people across the world began to question the result. He’s certainly popular with millions of voters across Iran but despised by the corporate media. The same thing happened when Hamas was swept to power – in its arrogance the Western media decided if it wasn’t ‘best for the west’ then it can’t be good for anyone else. And so if a democratic election produces the ‘wrong’ result the CIA, among other mischief-makers, go into overdrive to create unrest. And if this is the case, they’ve done a good job – hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating in Tehran. So was the Iranian election a fraud? We can’t say either way with any authority. We have no right to throw stones at Iran’s elections.
Mohd. Salahuddin
Mulund (W), Mumbai