Iran’s most senior ayatollah: Election was rigged
This is huge, and confirms there is a massive split in the ruling class of Iran.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
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Iran protests and the Twitter stream.
Tweets about the Iran Election are coming fast and furious now. Many are retweeting about how people should 1) change their Twitter time zone to Iran time and 2) strip Twitter names off retweets from protesters in Iran, so as…
Iran: This is what fascism looks like
Andrew Sullivan continues his superb, non-stop coverage. Hitchens For a flavor of the political atmosphere in Tehran, Iran, last week, I quote from a young Iranian comrade who furnishes me with regular updates: “I went to the last major Ahmadinejad…
Twitter reschedules maintenance to help Iran get news out
Twitter has rescheduled planned maintenance from Iran daylight hours to Wed 1:30am Iran time specifically because Twitter is so important in getting Iran news to the outside world. Andrew Sullivan played a major role in mobilizing people to ask Twitter…
Army and police neutral in Iran?
From a reader after speaking with his father in Iran, quoted by Andrew Sullivan The police is just watching and the army has declared neutrality. The violence is 100% caused by the BASIJ and thugs who are roaming the streets…