Iran protests have spread and become more violent, and may stay that way until the reason for the Iran protests is fully addressed. The Iran protests started over Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's suspicious landslide election win over challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, and the charges that the election was fixed. Protests in Iran over the election have already killed a few people, and given way to police brutality.
There has already been a small concession to look at the Iranian election results again, but the protests and rallies still seem likely to go on. Whether they will spread further, and lead to more civil unrest is the main question now.
Protests have been sparked by supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi, and by Mousavi himself, as he refuses to concede the election. Ahmadinejad reportedly won with 62% of the vote, although no pundit or analyst expected him to do that well.
Mousavi was expected to provide a greater challenge, and to possibly defeat Ahmadinejad - hence the need to fix the election, according to Mousavi supporters.
With Ahmadinejad controlling the state-run media, and with Iran's ruling Ayatollahs backing him, protests sprung up to accuse them of fixing the results. Scenes of police brutality, and reports of a few protestors being killed, have overshadowed the issue of whether the election was fixed.
There was a small, unexpected concession by Iran yesterday, as the country's top legislative body, the Guardian Council, agreed to look at the votes again. However, they are not ready to consider discounting the original vote altogether, as Mousavi and his people want.
There may be little realistic hope that the Iran protests will make them change the election results and give Mousavi another chance to take office. As such, it may still be a long while before the Iranian protests and civil disobedience will end.
However, Ahmadinejad himself is not affected by the protests, as he has dismissed their impact. Ahmadinejad left the country yesterday to attend a summit in Russia, where he did not speak on the election controversy.
There has already been a small concession to look at the Iranian election results again, but the protests and rallies still seem likely to go on. Whether they will spread further, and lead to more civil unrest is the main question now.
Protests have been sparked by supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi, and by Mousavi himself, as he refuses to concede the election. Ahmadinejad reportedly won with 62% of the vote, although no pundit or analyst expected him to do that well.
Mousavi was expected to provide a greater challenge, and to possibly defeat Ahmadinejad - hence the need to fix the election, according to Mousavi supporters.
With Ahmadinejad controlling the state-run media, and with Iran's ruling Ayatollahs backing him, protests sprung up to accuse them of fixing the results. Scenes of police brutality, and reports of a few protestors being killed, have overshadowed the issue of whether the election was fixed.
There was a small, unexpected concession by Iran yesterday, as the country's top legislative body, the Guardian Council, agreed to look at the votes again. However, they are not ready to consider discounting the original vote altogether, as Mousavi and his people want.
There may be little realistic hope that the Iran protests will make them change the election results and give Mousavi another chance to take office. As such, it may still be a long while before the Iranian protests and civil disobedience will end.
However, Ahmadinejad himself is not affected by the protests, as he has dismissed their impact. Ahmadinejad left the country yesterday to attend a summit in Russia, where he did not speak on the election controversy.
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