Juan Cole has posted this about the announced outcome of the Iranian elections: "Top Pieces of Evidence that the Iranian Presidential Election Was Stolen"Here: http://www.juancole.com/ [posted June 13]UPDATE: "Iransupreme leader orders probe of election fraud"from The Associated Press http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104244385

We'll see what comes of this, but it does suggest that the resistance from Iranians has given their supreme leadersecond thoughts about declaring victory for Ahmadinejad. But can Kahmenei back out of his declaration of victory now? Is this a stalling tactic?

For those of you who missed the big news of the week-end (no, not the Lakers), you can catch up with Andrew Sullivan who passed on all the news from Iran (not your MSM).

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/The NYTimes blog, The Lede, has also been on top of the story, more so than the print edition this Monday morning.http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/mondays-updates-on-irans-disputed-election/?hpVery large crowds! see the pics: http://twitpic.com/7gtbuThis is what Americans should have done after our 2000 election.

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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