Tweets From Tehran Streets
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
The streets of Tehran are in chaos following Friday’s highly charged elections that brought out 85% of eligible voters. The government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rushed to release the results Saturday showing a landslide victory that stunned supporters of the primary opposition candidate Hossein Mousavi. In what most anticipated would be a close election, some believing Mousavi would emerge victorious, the governments announcement that Ahmadinejad received 62.6% of the vote to Mousavi’s 33.75 was hardly believable. (more…)