Iranian Elections 2009

STRATFOR's coverage of the 2009 Iranian Presidential Elections.

Former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivers the weekly Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University on March 27
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Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivers the weekly Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University on March 27
Iran: Sermon as Symbolic Protest
July 17, 2009 1527 GMT
Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani issues a veiled threat against the country's top ruler. [more]
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The Real Struggle in Iran and Implications for U.S. Dialogue
June 29, 2009 1908 GMT
Rather than a social uprising against the regime, the real post-election crisis in Iran was a complex struggle within the regime. [more]
An Iranian supporter of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi holds a sign that reads
Iran: The Election Clamor Subsides
June 29, 2009 1621 GMT
Iran's Guardian Council will likely confirm Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in the presidential election. [more]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on June 24
Iran: Government Infighting Continues
June 24, 2009 1720 GMT
Amid continuing investigations into election irregularities, Iran's political elite continue quarreling among themselves. [more]
Iranian women cast their votes at a polling station in downtown Tehran on June 12
Iran: The Chatham House Report and Election Irregularities
June 22, 2009 2242 GMT
An independent analysis of voting irregularities in Iran indicates some fraud, but it does not prove that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would have lost in a completely fair election. [more]
Mir Hossein Mousavi at a demonstration in Tehran
Iran: Text of Mousavi's Letter to the Guardians Council
June 22, 2009 2152 GMT
The text that follows is a translation of a letter by Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi originally published in Persian on June 20 by Qalam news, a Web site launched in April as one of Mousavi's official news Web sites. STRATFOR cannot confirm the authenticity of the letter. [more]
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