Neda’s name means “Voice.” Had I been in the same situation in my youth, my name meant “light bitter small fenced-in backyard.”
Of course, we’ve all been in the same situation, the disputed election situation. It looks as if the Iranians are taking a page from the Florida election board: they are conceding that it deserves analysis but that the analysis won’t really matter anyway.
I’m surprised to hear that they won’t consider a recount. As we know, they could kill a lot of time with a recount. So, when is the Safe Haven date in the Iranian constitution? Can they stall until then? That worked on us.
I know there is a huge difference between a) hanging chads and b) claiming more votes for your candidate than the city population. We’d be out in the streets then, I am sure. But the government wouldn’t shoot at us, they’d just lawyer up, and we wouldn’t throw rocks at the police. No, we’d just be strung along through the legal system.