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In response to "DML -- pro-Iran-protestors rally in Union Square at 7 pm tonight. should I go? -- nm" by znufrii

Can I get the Coles Notes version of what happened in Iran? I've been swamped and haven't looked at the news in a few days. -- nm

Posted by Subversive Jun 17 '09, 14:20

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american translation ... "Can I get the Cliff Notes version ..." - zork Jun 17, 14:22
They had an election, and despite a record turnout, proclaimed Ahmadinejad the winner in a landslide, protests have ensued. -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 14:21 3
- (the main accusation being that the election commission just made up the results rather than actually counting the ballots) -- nm - znufrii Jun 17, 14:22 2
  - but the protests are not peaceful like Ukraine's Orange Revolution a few years ago - zork Jun 17, 14:24
  - Right; the theory being that it would be very hard to count five million votes in the two hours they had available for the counting before declaring - the victor -- nm - Beryllium Jun 17, 14:23

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