Best Article on Iran Election Process I've seen

[Occhidiangela]

Ap Wednesday night, about 100 of the parliment members of Iran snub Ahmadajin's victory party.

Yes, that was a signal well sent.

One cleric on the guardian council is calling for some of the protestors to be executed while the cleric most like to replace Khameni is calling the crack down an afront against Allah..

Mouvshi (or however you spell his name) is, and has been, under house arrest for about a week now (explains him not being seen in public).

The smack down is happening, and Montezeri is probably heading back to Qum, his dreams once again frustrated.

One comment I saw, and it holds true, is someone has to become the Iranian Yeltsin for things to happen. Whether Mouvshi (again spelling) becomes that or someone else does, it's the only way the Iranian people will move forward to what they really want.

I'd say an Iranian Gorbachev is needed, but I think yoiu may be indulging in a bit of wishful thinking. From your previous reply:

Rafsanjani could get the council to remove Khameni and then institute a new clerical leader that is more in line with Rafsanjani's beliefs and allow more democracy within Iran

The power elites, among whose number Rafsanjani is numbered, are not all that keen on letting loose of power. There are a lot of clerics who are also tied into money, finance, and business, sons of wealty families who went cleric ... perhaps for political reasons?

Looks like Italy, 1500's, and the Medici popes.:P

One last thought: the amount of info that has make itself available is rather small, which frustrates me. However, that is how the govening powers want it.

Occhi