I can see why the slogan “Where’s My Vote” is catching on in Iran. I have no idea to the validity of this following image – picked it up off a twitter feed – but if it is genuine it clearly shows votes for Mousavi disappearing throughout the day:   From 9.47 AM to 1:53 […]

  Major Update! I mentioned below that we could see a tipping point in Iran if the general military forces took to defending the protestors from Ahmedinejad’s Basij thugs. Apparently this is starting to happen! I’ve just been witnessing a confrontation, in dusk and into the night, between about 15,000 supporters of Ahmadinejad – supposedly […]

We may be witnessing history here folks. Instead of dying down, the uprising in Iran seems to be growing and expanding. Here are some interesting reports on the matter. First is from the UK Guardian: But now, public anger over the disputed election has given Iran’s ruling elite a challenge of a new and unsettling […]

A UK news organization is reporting this interesting tidbit: Mr Mousavi’s wife and co-campaigner, Zahra Ranavard, was reported as warning that riot squads would be equipped with live ammunition, raising the prospect of serious bloodshed. Iran’s Interior Ministry said Mr Mousavi would be responsible for any consequences if he went ahead with the protest. Mr […]

The one thing that could turn the world away from threat of Muslim extremism was, sadly, a fight for the heart and soul of Islam. When this happens (as it did in Iraq in Anbar Province, as it did in Afghanistan with the defeat of Taliban rule, as it is happening in the Tribal Areas […]

Michael Totten is doing the reporting that should have been done by a dozen world-renowned news organizations. Everything he has posted is important to know and understand about the chaos gripping Iran. The following tape illustrates what could be a tipping point for the mad Mullahs of Iran. The police are running from the protestors in […]

This is an interesting turn of events in Iran: Mir Hossein Mousavi’s, the main reformist rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, letter to the important ayatollahs in the holy city of Qom, asking them to protest the fraud and declare it against Islam, has sparked protests by the ayatollahs and clerics as well. The Association of […]

Major Update: A letter from the probable winner, Mousavi, on the false election. Update: Marc Ambinder has a list of good Twitter links to monitor Iran. Update: I never agree with Juan Cole, but today things in Iran are so obviously bad and boiling over it seems only the news media (left and right) don’t […]

Everyone is waiting on the election results for Iran’s President today. The race is between the current hardline nut job and a surging moderate. The vote is seen as a referendum on the extremist Ahmedinejad and his confrontational positions with the rest of the world.  Some reports have the hard liner losing, and losing big […]

Update: Here’s a very interesting post over at the Huffington Post by a Muslim who also sees the days numbered for al Qaeda and the Taliban. It is a fascinating assessment from inside the Muslim community, one which mirrors my own assessment of where things are headed from my perch well outside Islam. Two distinct and independent […]