Iran

[benlehman]

I've been reading the news coming out of Iran incredibly closely. There was massive electoral fraud which has been followed by massive protest, an revolutionary guard crackdown with live ammunition, and an amazing amount of twitter traffic. Andrew Sullivan's blog is a good place to follow it.

This may be the beginning of actual democracy in Iran. Or it could be the disintegration of theodemocracy and the institution of fascism. Regardless, it's pretty important, and might be of interest to others.

Comments

[shouldberaining.livejournal.com]

Well, they're actually ruled by the supreme leader, right? So it isn't really a presidential election in the manner that Americans would think it is.

And how is this different from Zimbabwe? Or Russia for that matter?