Iranian Elections

[Lemur]

Nate has disspelled that graph by showing the US had an almost exact correlation.

Well, I'm not going to argue with Nate Silver, a guy who has probably forgotten more about statistical math than I ever learned. So apologies for reproducing a misleading graph; my bad.

But the vote was rigged.

[CountArach]

But the vote was rigged.

Yeah I don't think there is too much doubt about that at this point. It will be interesting to see how the Iranian people themselves deal with this - it seems most reformists and the youth are willing to be quite vocally opposed to the whole 'coup' for the moment. I doubt these tensions will be dispelled quickly.