Recount in Iran?

After seven Iranians were killed yesterday in Tehran by the militia, the Guardian Council has decided there will be a partial recount of votes in Iran. Opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has called for a new election as well as asking his supporters to stay out of the streets today to prevent more casualties. (Washington Post)

So far, the council has said it would recount only those votes where the opposition has evidence suggesting a problem may have occurred.

According to Fox News this morning, Ahmadinejad’s supporters have taken to the streets – I wonder how many of them will be killed by militia forces.

President Obama votes not present;

Obama said reports of violence that followed Iranian elections trouble him and all Americans. He said peaceful dissent should never be subject to violence that followed weekend elections that gave Ahmadinejad a second term.

“It would be wrong for me to be silent on what we’ve seen on the television the last few days,” Obama told reporters at the White House.

Obama said he had no way of knowing the results were valid — he said the United States had no election monitors in the country — but it was important that the voters’ choices be respected.

Mike’s America compares a Bush speech at Flopping Aces.

Senator John McCain was a bit tougher on both Iran and Obama (for a change); (AP link)

McCain… said the president “should speak out that this is a corrupt, flawed, sham of an election and that the Iranian people have been deprived of their rights.”

Meanwhile, BDS continues to wrack the poor readers of the Washington Post;

Yeah, granny02, if the Republicans are so good at stealing elections, what happened in the last one? What? Did we just forget how to do it?

Associated Press is also reporting that the foreign media is restricted and being forced from the country;

Authorities restricted journalists, including Iranians working for foreign media from reporting on the streets, and said they could only work from their offices, conducting telephone interviews and monitoring official sources such as state television.

The rules prevent media outlets, including The Associated Press, from sending independent photos or video of street protests or rallies.

Also Tuesday, foreign reporters in Iran to cover last week’s elections began leaving the country. Iranian officials said they will not extend their visas.

So, with the rest of the world unable to summon the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the Iranian regime, it appears those seven died in vain yesterday.

Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Foreign Policy, John McCain/Sarah Palin, Terror War