Comments on: Was the Iranian Election ‘Rigged’? http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2009/11/19/was-the-iranian-election-%e2%80%98rigged%e2%80%99/ Media Democracy in Action Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennifer http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2009/11/19/was-the-iranian-election-%e2%80%98rigged%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-3734 Jennifer Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:25:04 +0000 http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/?p=381#comment-3734 Yes I have seen other news reports that confirm Mahmoud Ahmadinejad genuinely won the Iranian presidential elections in 2010. There was some fraud reported in some areas where the government apparently feared Ahmadinejad might not win so some results were tampered with, with the result that Ahmadinejad won those areas with an even bigger margin than he would have won. In other words, Ahmadinejad would have won anyway even without the tampering! The Washington Post also conducted pre-polling in areas across Iran which indicated most Iranians supported Ahmadinejad over Moussavi. Ahmadinejad is a populist politician who understands that most Iranians want cheap food and cheap petrol. He campaigned across the country in the months leading up to the elections. I understand Moussavi did very little campaigning and did no campaigning in country areas. He did not even win in his own area (northwest Iran, in the Azeri-speaking parts). Many Iranians also remember that as Prime Minister in the 1980's, Moussavi was Ayatollah Khomeini's pet who sent untrained teenagers to clear minefields ahead of the army so he definitely has blood on his hands. Yes I have seen other news reports that confirm Mahmoud Ahmadinejad genuinely won the Iranian presidential elections in 2010. There was some fraud reported in some areas where the government apparently feared Ahmadinejad might not win so some results were tampered with, with the result that Ahmadinejad won those areas with an even bigger margin than he would have won. In other words, Ahmadinejad would have won anyway even without the tampering!

The Washington Post also conducted pre-polling in areas across Iran which indicated most Iranians supported Ahmadinejad over Moussavi.

Ahmadinejad is a populist politician who understands that most Iranians want cheap food and cheap petrol. He campaigned across the country in the months leading up to the elections. I understand Moussavi did very little campaigning and did no campaigning in country areas. He did not even win in his own area (northwest Iran, in the Azeri-speaking parts). Many Iranians also remember that as Prime Minister in the 1980′s, Moussavi was Ayatollah Khomeini’s pet who sent untrained teenagers to clear minefields ahead of the army so he definitely has blood on his hands.

]]> By: M http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2009/11/19/was-the-iranian-election-%e2%80%98rigged%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-555 M Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:51:10 +0000 http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/?p=381#comment-555 I remember an appropriations bill that went through congress in early '08, which was specifically earmarked for covert operations against Iran. This is the kind of destabilization campaign one would expect, seamless media coverage, universal reactions, wag the dog kind of stuff. I've so far been the only skeptic I've run into on the whole affair. I believe the amount of the bill was something like 300 million. I remember an appropriations bill that went through congress in early ’08, which was specifically earmarked for covert operations against Iran. This is the kind of destabilization campaign one would expect, seamless media coverage, universal reactions, wag the dog kind of stuff. I’ve so far been the only skeptic I’ve run into on the whole affair. I believe the amount of the bill was something like 300 million.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2009/11/19/was-the-iranian-election-%e2%80%98rigged%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Jacob Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:09:29 +0000 http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/?p=381#comment-515 I am a high school senior who stumbled upon this article while doing research for a speech on censorship in the press. It is hard to believe that the press would want to do such a thing like this. We trust the press to give us information about things that are local, state wide, country wide and international. How can we go about listening to the press if they become outright basis in an event like this? If they want to be basis on a story then opinions need to be stated, not a story twisted to sound like the truth. I am a high school senior who stumbled upon this article while doing research for a speech on censorship in the press.

It is hard to believe that the press would want to do such a thing like this. We trust the press to give us information about things that are local, state wide, country wide and international. How can we go about listening to the press if they become outright basis in an event like this? If they want to be basis on a story then opinions need to be stated, not a story twisted to sound like the truth.

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