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POPS Iran Uprising Live-Blogging 27 June, 2009 Jose Aznar, who was voted out of office in 2004, writes in today's Wall Street Journal: President Obama has said he refuses to "meddle" in Iran's internal affairs, but this is a poor excuse for passivity. If the international community is not able to stop, or at least set limits on, the repressive violence of the Islamic regime, the protesters will end up as so many have in the past -- in exile, in prison, or in the cemetery. And with them, all hope for change will be gone. Delayed public displays of indignation may be good for internal political consumption. But the consequences of Western inaction have already materialized. Watching videos of innocent Iranians being brutalized, it's hard to defend silence. More recently, it based a collection office in Los Angeles to take advantage of the Iranian expatriate community there. None of it, however, is a substitute for having CIA staff actually on the ground, says former CIA official Bob Baer.
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POPSActual Election Results as Reported to Khamenei & Whistleblower Killed Car Accident
The man who leaked the real election results from the Interior Ministry - the ones showing Ahmadinejad coming third - was killed in a suspicious car accident, according to unconfirmed reports, writes Saeed Kamali Dehghan in Tehran. Mohammad Asgari, who was responsible for the security of the IT network in Iran's interior ministry, was killed yesterday in Tehran. Asgari had reportedly leaked results that showed the elections were rigged by government use of new software to alter the votes from the provinces. Asgari was said to have leaked information that showed Mousavi had won almost 19 million votes, and should therefore be president. We will try to get more details later. NOTE: A very reliable source confirms this story. I understand though, it is difficult to have absolute certainty about anything when so much information is coming from Twittering, Blogging, etc. posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 7:04:08 AM by Ooh-Ah
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POPSIran protests: live blogging @Guardian 2.15pm: Witnesses: police using tear gas, water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters in Tehran, says a flash on AP. Supporters of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate in Tehran, Iran. Photograph: Getty Images/Getty Images 2.25pm: One person has been killed in an explosion near the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran, according to the Fars News Agency. Two people were injured, Reuters quotes it saying. State TV has the same report, according to AP. 2.20pm: There are heavy clashes on Azadi Street, and chants of death to Khamenei, according to this regularly updated live blog from Iran. It also reports intense clashes on Enghelab Square. It's impossible to verify this at the moment. 2.15pm: Witnesses: police using tear gas, water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters in Tehran, says a flash on AP. Realtime results for #iranelection @TWITTER http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23iranelection
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