I like to see how many days any government in the world would allow its citizens to demonstrate *with out a permit* and break street pavement , throw stone at the anti riot police , burn buildings , buses , cars and break windows and destroy ATM machines and banks ? I am not saying that the government is justified to shoot its citizens but look at this videos and see how the demonstrators refuse to leave and throw stone at the anti riot police . Also watch how the anti riot police hands over a demonstrator to 2 women . Where in the world can 2 women interfere in the riot police’s job ?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8111233.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8112049.stm

Few years ago when there was a talk of US attacking Iran none of these people were wiling to attend even one anti war rally !! Their reason ? Lets US bomb Iran and get rid of the Mullahs ! And now they are all joining this circus with the hope of overthrowing the IRI through Musavi . They hate the Mullahs so much that they do not care if every single Iranian , woman , man and a child is killed .

I myself am no supporter of this regime , but I know that there is a color blacker than black that has taken over our country in the past 30 years .I am all for changing this regime for a secular one through evolution , not revolution and chaos .We did that once in 1979 . Any revolutionary move this time makes 1979 looks like child play .If we had one army during the Shah now have the Army , Basij and Pasdaran that can easily start fighting one another and leave our border towns open to the garden variety of democracy loving funded separatist groups .During the Shah Iranians were 80-20 divided against and pro Shah and the minority that supported the Shah just packed up took their billions and left the country or accepted the new regime .Now our population is 60-40 divided , if not 50-50, for and against the regime . This is a perfect recipe for civil war , some thing that every true Iran loving person hates to see and Iran hater wolves in sheep clothing wish for it to happen .

Mussavi by his irrational behavior has shown the most gross misjudgment of these dangers and has disqualified himself as a leader . He should have file a compliant and follow his dispute through legal channels . One either believes in the laws of the system that he is running to be president of or he doesn’t . If he did not believe in the fairness of the Guardian counsel and the election laws of Iran to investigate any dispute then he should have not run . He can not have it both ways

The fact that non of the pro Ahmedinejad Iranians were given as much attention in international media was a clear enough indication of the media’s inconsistency and hypocrisy, intentional or unintentional.

Go be with Iranians, all Muslims and the noble people around the world

Given the troubled past of IRan I can’t help thinking about foreign hands in all of this wanting a so-called “velvet revolution” to further their geo-political interests. all I’m saying is that people need to be logical before jumping into hasty conclusions.

And I’m also tired of how Western politicians are using the current situation in Iran to start their nasty dirty games in order to get more votes. One example is in DK where a prominent politician demanded muslims in DK to protest openly against the “mullah dictatorship” in Iran in order to prove if they are really “Danes”….say wha’???????

Most of them are ruled by dictators whom the people would gladly get rid of if they were able. I know some Arabs who wish they were as brave as the Persians in speaking out against their government. PERHAPS this is why Al Jazeera is not providing a counterpoint.

Reading this post was enlightening since I’d not come across the pro-government side until I read Shahrazad’s post yesterday. I don’t think either candidate is wonderful. I don’t believe anyone could run unless he were selected by the top cleric and allowed to run in the first place. My gripe is how the government — the top (so-called) “man of God” — can threaten bloodshed to HIS OWN PEOPLE if they do not stop protesting.

Thanks for providing this for us, Shahrazad. I never considered this perspective and you made me wonder if, indeed, there are only outsiders causing all the trouble or if these are Iranians who are crying out for freedom.

Not everyone wants to live in an Islamic state…not even in Iran.

It has been very disappointing to follow coverage of the Iran crisis on Aljazeera, however. Your interview is a case in point. I respect your right to your own opinion, but you seem to be at odds with millions who have marched at great personal danger. Twitter has been an important part of the unfolding story, and for Aljazeera to not provide a counterpoint to your views is telling.

At this point, my question is how the Iranian nation can go on peacefully from here. I understand that yesterday a body of clerics acknowledged that there had been election fraud, though they said it could affect 3 million votes and the tally awarded the election to Ahmadinejad by 11 million. It seems to me that the election has been so tainted that no-one’s word will be widely respected. Do you see violent quelling of protests as the only way to put a lid on the situation, or can you imagine a resolution that will bring most people together?

Finally, Muslims everywhere as well as some non-Muslims share your resentment that the rights to life and liberty of the people of Gaza were forgotten last year while now everyone’s terribly excited about protests in Iran. It stings, and we know this kind of ignorance and naivete is nothing new. But I do believe Muslims and non-Muslims around the world wish for the avoidance of bloodshed in Iran right now. InshaAllah you and yours will be safe and the people of Iran and their leaders will be rightly guided. Thanks for your posts, and I will make dua for you and for your country.

Thank you for your posts. Most of the people I know here in the Pacific Northwest of america have been following the election coverage with