Moussavi Told to Keep Quiet Like a Loser Should

Mir Hossein Moussavi, who might have won the recent Iranian presidential election under, ah, different circumstances, may be under house arrest. And, he got a warning from Iran's government:

"Members of Iran's influential National Security Council have told opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi that his repeated demands for the annulment of the June 12 election results are 'illogical and unethical,' state media reported...." (CNN)

I don't blame the National Security Council one bit. The 'correct' candidate won the election, just like he was supposed to: and here one of the people who was supposed to lose isn't accepting his assigned role. It must be frustrating.

Particularly since videos of the ayatollah's enforcers dealing with protesters are making the Islamic Republic look like a brutal dictatorship.

And, apparently, it's the fault of Moussavi and the CIA.

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In the news:

• "Iran's security council tells Moussavi to back off"
  CNN (June 26, 2009)