Iran

[hawkwing_lb]

I didn't even know Iran had had an election until Monday. On Tuesday, I started to realise that not only had they had an election, but the results were hotly contested.

Since then I've been following the aggregated links on the subject at this blog, and this Iranian-American group's offical blog. And the BBC.

I don't know jackshit about the Islamic Republic of Iran - or at least I didn't, before this began. But there are people dying because of peaceful protest for fairness - and the appearance of fairness - in their elections, among other things, and I kind of think that might be worth noting.

I hope things work out better than I expect they will.

Comments

[davefreer.livejournal.com]

(grumble) You ought to. Persia is possibly as fundemental to western ancient history as Greece. And the Persians are a surprisingly sophisticated people. No one deserves to live in a theocracy and them even less so. The abuses of things like the union movement and gay rights under the current lot are something people OUGHT to know about. Sorry - Iran/persia has been a hot button with me for a long time. I have some friends who fled from there.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I know about Persia. Up until the end of the Sassanids, anyway. And some Iranian stuff from '53 and '79.

But this has been a wake-up call in a lot of ways.