Originally posted by retro
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As for the election I think its a sign of a split in Iranian politics, I think eventually Ahmadinejad will get back in, but not without a very bloody nose. It is clear that the opposition won't let it go.
But did Ahmadinejad really have to rig the election so blatantly....I mean virtually equal results (basically 35% everywhere) in every district, even the one where the opposition leader lives...that's vote rigging. That's where the anger is coming from. I think Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were a very bad judge of their own people, and if the chaos right now is anything to go by its their own fault. I think had they vote rigged the elections so (or just given the actual results) that Ahmadinejad had just barely got in there would have been no chaos like there is now.
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