Continuing geopolitical fallout from U.S. timidity on Iran during the Carter years
Monday, July 6, 2009
MONTREAL — Political reverberations are still shaking Iran three weeks after the disputed (perhaps one should be less polite and say rigged) Presidential elections where ruling hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was “reelected” to rule the Islamic Republic. Global outrage subsided with the shifting of the news cycle but Iran’s turmoil is still alive. Here in Montreal, hundreds of local Iranians marched for freedom in their former homeland, some with the now iconic placards “Where is My Vote?” while others pressed for total regime change. Yet, protesting in democratic and secular Canada is one thing, try that back in old Teheran and taste the tolerance from the guardians of the Islamic Republic."
MONTREAL — Political reverberations are still shaking Iran three weeks after the disputed (perhaps one should be less polite and say rigged) Presidential elections where ruling hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was “reelected” to rule the Islamic Republic. Global outrage subsided with the shifting of the news cycle but Iran’s turmoil is still alive. Here in Montreal, hundreds of local Iranians marched for freedom in their former homeland, some with the now iconic placards “Where is My Vote?” while others pressed for total regime change. Yet, protesting in democratic and secular Canada is one thing, try that back in old Teheran and taste the tolerance from the guardians of the Islamic Republic."
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