Well, Iran's election is over. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still the president. In an election that featured debates (unheared of) and a real alternative to abrasive populist policies, the status quo has triumphed. The result is being contested by Ahmadinejad's defeated rivals, who claim electoral fraud and government conspiracy carried the day, and not Mr. Ahmadinejad. This seems likely given the president's large margin of victory, in what by all accounts seemed to be a very tight race Friday. Likely nothing will come of the complaint, as supreme leader Ali Khamenei clearly favors Ahmadinejad as his president of choice.
It was nice to see Iranians rise up and protest against a government that they feel does not represent them though, even if their election was stolen and they were beaten up by riot police for their troubles. I wonder what the Israelis think of all this?
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