Elections in Iran

[ciphergoth]

Can't tear my eyes away from the situation in Iran. Please link me to any articles that provide evidence on whether the official results are legit or anything else you think is a must-read on this situation.

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[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

an implicit assumption that the electoral process was ever going to be a free and fair one in Western terms

I'm not sure that's true. For my own part I appreciate that Iran isn't a democracy and never has been. But their system has some very small and limited means for the expression of the will of the people, and I thought the outcome was going to be a small improvement in the direction they were heading. If this election, in addition to being rigged from the outset by the candidate vetting process, was stolen in favour of the more conservative candidate, it suggests instead that the people with the most power are making a determined turn for the worse.

[drdoug.livejournal.com]

Iran isn't a democracy and never has been

That's a bit harsh - by then-current standards it wasn't doing terribly badly as a secular constitutional monarchy under the Mossadegh regime :-)

(But I see your point.)