Iranian Newspapers Told They Could Declare Mousavi The Winner
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Elections, Iran, Media
More and more details are emerging that suggest this whole thing was a sham.
At the same time, the reformist newspapers were also informed that they can prepare their Saturday edition to declare Mr. Mousavi the winner, but were not allowed to use the word pirouzi (victory) in their articles, in order not to upset Mr. Ahmadinejad’s supporters. One reformist newspaper prepared its front page with the title, “People took back the flag of their country [from Mr. Ahmadinejad].â€But, just a few hours later, a center that had been set up by Mr. Mousavi in Gheytarieh (in northern Tehran) for monitoring the election and vote counting, was attacked by armed security agents. They ransacked the center, destroyed computers, and attacked the staff. Supporters of Mr. Mousavi intervened and arrested 8 security agents. The police was called to take them to prison, but the police released the attackers.
According to Mr. Makhbalbaf, the central headquaters of Mr. Mousavi’s campaign was also surrounded by security forces, as was the Interior Ministry building. Then, new data began to be released by the Ministry, indicating that Mr. Ahmadinejad had won the elections decisively.
By the way, I understand that there’s a possibility that Ahmadinejad actually won, but that’s appearing to get more and more unlikely with each story we’re hearing about these last minute reversals. And until we can get a truly transparent look into this voting results, that will be the dominate narrative.
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