My blog is going green today in support of the freedom movement in Iran. The people of Iran seem to be clamoring for freedom & democracy. Going into this past Friday’s election, it seemed pretty likely that incumbent President Ahmadinejad would be defeated and the former Prime Minister Mousavi (a reformist) would become the new President. However, post election, there seems to be substantial speculation that the election outcome was rigged in order to keep Ahmadinejad in power.
Following the election results being announced, the country has been in chaos. There are hundreds of thousands of people protesting, communications (satellite TV, cell phone, internet access, etc.) have been jammed & blocked, riot police have been attacking the protesters, people have been shot, and access to hospitals have been denied so the injured have been unable to receive treatment.
Regardless of how all this ends up, my thoughts go out to the people of Iran. I hope the bloodshed ends quickly, and that the true results, whatever that might be, will be verified.
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Another Greenie! Yay.
There were reports over the weekend ballot boxes were burned by government forces.
I’m hoping for another vote, with international monitoring.
love your new blog look!!!
this is so sad .. I’m hoping it ends soon .. very soon!
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