Was Iran's Election Really Stolen?

Paul Craig Roberts says that the "stolen election is presented as a fact, even though there is no evidence whatsoever," by our "government-controlled U.S. corporate media, a ministry of propaganda" — Are You Ready for War With Demonized Iran? He notes that an "objective poll was conducted in Iran by American pollsters prior to the election" is "the only real information we have at this time" and "indicate[s] that the election results reflect the will of the Iranian voters."

George Friedman reminds us that "Ahmadinejad enjoys widespread popularity," even if "he doesn’t speak to the issues that matter to the urban professionals, namely, the economy and liberalization," and "it is difficult to see how he could have stolen the election by such a large margin" — Western misconceptions meet Iranian reality The author says, "That he won is not the mystery; the mystery is why others thought he wouldn’t win."

Glenn Greenwald wisely "leave[s] the debate about whether Iran's election was 'stolen' and the domestic implications within Iran to people who actually know what they're talking about (which is a very small subset of the class purporting to possess such knowledge)" — What Would Have Happened if the "Bomb Iran" Contingent had its Way? He writes, "Advocating a so-called 'attack on Iran' or 'bombing Iran' in fact means slaughtering huge numbers of the very same people who are on the streets of Tehran inspiring so many -- obliterating their homes and workplaces, destroying their communities, shattering the infrastructure of their society and their lives."