Posted on 15 June 2009. Tags: afshin molavi, iran election, iran's military coup, iranian coup, military coup in iran, mousavi, new america foundation, reza aslan
“The Iranian election was bald-faced election fraud perpetrated by a powerful intelligence unit known as the Pasdaran,” writes Dr. Reza Aslan for The Daily Beast.
During his appearance alongside Iranian-American author Afshin Molavi on Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on CNN Sunday June 14, 2009, Iranian-American scholar Dr. Reza Aslan said, “Iran, believe it or not feals threatened by the united states. Afterall we literally surround Iran with american troops. We have encircled them basically.”
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Posted on 15 June 2009. Tags: afshin molavi, iran election, iran's military coup, iranian coup, military coup in iran, mousavi, new america foundation, reza aslan

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“The Iranian election was bald-faced election fraud perpetrated by a powerful intelligence unit known as the Pasdaran,” writes Dr. Reza Aslan for The Daily Beast.
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Posted on 15 June 2009. Tags: ahmadinejad, khamenei, massive rally in iran, mousavi, mousavi at rally, mousavi comes out, opposition rally, shots fired at iran rally

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Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi finally makes an appearance during the rally in Tehran on Monday June 15th, 2009 attended by hundreds of thousands of Iranians.
UPDATE: BBC is reporting that shots have been fired at the rally in Iran.
UPDATE 2: MSNBC is now also reporting that shots have been fired, death has occured, and shows images of the wounded.
UPDATE 3: Click here for a video of a young Iranian man who’s been shot!
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Posted on 10 June 2009. Tags: change in iran, iran election, iranian election, iranian election 2009, iranian vote, iranian-american vote, mir-hossein mousavi, mir-hussein mousavi, mousavi, mousavi 1388

Some Iranian-Americans are getting involved in the voting process here in the US. (Apparently, all you need is your Iranian passport or birth-certificate.)
Good idea?
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