A new Iranian Revolution?

Wed, 06/10/2009 - 11:10am

Mousavi supporter, June 9, 2009

"Ahmadi bye-bye." That's one of the chants that supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi were yelling Monday when they decked out in green and formed a stunning human chain along a 12-mile-long arterial road that runs through Tehran.

Many Iranians are fed up with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- the man who has presided over a crumbling economy and damaged Iran's international standing. They head to the polls Friday to select one of four candidates, and if the outcome is "Ahmadi bye-bye," the most-likely new president would be Mousavi, a relative unknown until recently.

FP has an Iran package to keep you in the know. Check it out:

Iran's Presidential Wannabes: Meet the four men vying to lead the Islamic Republic and learn where they stand on foreign policy and domestic politics.

Iran's Potato Revolution: Former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi has spent the past two decades out of the public eye, pursuing his interests in architecture and painting. Now he's the man most likely to dethrone Ahmadinejad.

Who's Winning Iran's Google War? To understand Iranian politics, ask a search engine. Over the past 90 days, Farsi-language Google searches for "Mousavi" have increased 1,300 percent.

Iran's New Revolution: Candidate Mousavi may have less charisma than Michael Dukakis, but the rock star has Iranian youth screaming.

Ahmadi Bye-Bye in Iran? A photo review of the best moments from Iran's wild campaign.

Photo: Majid/Getty Images

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Do not pin so much hopes on

Do not pin so much hopes on Mossavi. Iranian youth is indeed sick of Nijad but the lower middle classes and farmers are in favor of him. There are great chances of that horrible man winning again. Just keep your fingers crossed.
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Anti Iran Propaganda and Stupid Youth

Believing that Iran will become a liberal secular democracy because a few women wear make up in public and bare skin is the kind of psych ops America has been orchestrating in the world AND in Iran. Its widely suspected that America has been funding opposition groups in Iran. Its without a doubt that America has worked to overthrow the Iranian regime. However, the notion that Iranian youth are a formidable force to overthrow the government is a niave, myopic, and conceited assumption.

Ignorant youth are the worst people to decide the fate of a nation. Superficiality and materialism in Iranian youth is hardly a cause of celebration for America.

Incidently, Iranian youth are too stupid to see American industries (energy, oil, coal, military, nationbuilding) want access to Iran again in order to exploit the resources and dominate the national economy.