It seems that my predictions in yesterday’s post were wrong: it wasn’t a close race, and it wasn’t Mousavi who won. At least, if you look at the official numbers.
But there’s something bigger going on in Iran right now. Among widespread accusations of cheating, the people have taken to the street, and they are making their voice heard. It’s extremely hard to follow the events from a distance, but more and more worrying news are starting to flock in (Mousavi under house arrest, Rafsanjani resigning from his powerful political post, some people dead in clashes between supporters of Mousavi and police).
The videos that have appeared in large numbers on the web are a proof that the authorities are afraid of what’s going on. There’s simply too much power at stake with too many influential people having gone one step too far.
Is this really the start of a new revolution? or will Tehran (and the rest of the country with it) go back to its life behind closed doors?
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