Originally Posted By: olivant
That is remarkable. Considering all of the resources the government devoted to suppressing the vote, it was a democratic victory. However, now we have to see how the mullahs will react.


Coincidentally, the fella elected is a mullah, but he is a very advanced version of a mullah. lol The fun part is, the rest of them were not, but they were either military veterans or had strong ties with the military like Ahmadinejad. He is the lesser of the evils available to us, still not a bad choice. We could've done a lot worse. And that's a done deal hopefully. Our supreme leader needed almost a democratic election to wash away the stain of 2009 election if that's possible at all.


"Fire cannot kill a dragon." -Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones