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Following the Iran Elections Aftermath

Monday, June 15, 2009

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If you haven't been following the current protests and events in Iran, then I highly encourage you to do so. For those of you who haven't heard about the Iran elections (not surprising given the relatively light coverage in mainstream media), Iran held presidential elections this past Friday on June 12th. The current hardline president, Ahmadinejad, was announced the winner, but the elections results released are extremely fishy, and not in line with what opinion polls were predicting. The main statistical improbability is that Ahmadinejad had roughly the same percentage of votes (around 65%) across different rural and urban areas and across different provinces, including the home provinces of his opponents and ones like Kurdistan, which historically goes for the opposition candidate like California goes for the Democratic one. So what, right? Just another sadly rigged third-world election? Well, as the pictures here show: No.

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