Dear Max,

Let's not kid ourselves - I don't think that
Iran will ever be a democracy. However, as
Daniel Flitton, Diplomatic Editor of The Age
newspaper in his Editorial piece pointed out,
Ahmadinejad may not be all 'bad news,' for the
West. Let's face it - the mere fact that Iran
is developing nuclear weapons (they say it's for
electricity) - is a cause of concern and a reason
to encourage dialogue. And Ahmadinejad seems
interested in dialogue. He took the unprecedented
step of sending US President Barack Obama a note of
Congratulations on his election.

As Flitton points out, Ahmadinejad, "offers a perfect
foil to the hardline conservatives."

Lets not hold our breath waiting for democracy or even a little freedom for Iran.
Sadly that country is held by those who gain power from a view of a God not people.
My statement is true, it is hurtful to some but if I said it about my country,s God it would not be.
Strange how we allow free speech to be questioned .
My sympathy is are clearly with every person from that and every country who just want more freedom.
It is also with those who would keep all relidgion out of politics

BBC Caught In Mass Public Deception With Iran Propaganda

The BBC has again been caught engaging in mass public deception by using photographs of pro-Ahmadinejad rallies in Iran and claiming they represent anti-government protests in favor of Hossein Mousavi.

An image used by the L.A. Times on the front page of its website Tuesday showed Iranian President Ahmadinejad waving to a crowd of supporters at a public event.

In a story covering the election protests yesterday,..the BBC News website used a closer shot of the same scene,..but with Ahmadinejad cut out of the frame.

The caption under the photograph read,..‘Supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi again defied a ban on protests’.
http://www.infowars.com/bbc-caught-in-mass-public-deception-with-iran-propaganda/
The BBC photograph is clearly a similar shot of the same pro-Ahmadinejad rally featured in the L.A. Times image, yet the caption erroneously claims it represents anti-Ahmadinejad protesters.

As soon as the truth about the misrepresented images surfaced on the WhatReallyHappened website yesterday,the BBC changed the photo caption on their original article.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/us-planning-velvet-revolution-in-iran.html
http://www.infowars.com/iran-faces-greater-risks-than-it-knows

The closely framed footage was used to imply that hundreds or thousands of Iraqis were involved in a Berlin Wall-style “historic” liberation,..yet when wide angle shots were later published on the Internet,..footage that was never broadcast on live television,..the reality of the..“mass uprising”became clear...The crowd around the statue was sparse and consisted mostly of U.S. troops and journalists.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2838.htm

The BBC later had to admit that only..“dozens”..of Iraqis PAID to participate in toppling the statue...The entire scene was a manufactured farce yet the propaganda technique of blocking wide-angle shots from being broadcast convinced the world that the event represented a triumphant and historic mass popular uprising on behalf of the Iraqi people.

other issues not covered in the news
http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/jewish-chabads-genocidal-morality/
http://uruknet.com/?p=m55240&hd=&size=1&l=e
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/123362.pdf
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/06/dodd-giving-fed-more-power-is-like.html

it's women who are driving the protests in Iran not a US conspiracy or the pursuit of an illusionary equal rights 21st Century owned by men, as the substantial number of women protestors in an allegedly hard-line, fundamentalist Islamic patriarchy attests.

men who claim the high moral ground with regard to an ephemeral balance of power, while refusing equal rights to their own women in the form of a women's legislature, do no service to anybody on this Earth.

they are as much a problem as those against whom Iranians are protesting.

Dear foxy,

And Iran is not to be considered a democracy because...?

Because the Ayatollahs rule.
The people get to vote for the executive, but any and all of that bodies decisions must be agreed by the religious authorities.
And it can be removed from power at any time. Also the religious have their own security forces and troops, and are immune to the laws that govern the rest of the nation. Democracy? Not yet, if ever.