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Iran Elections

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Trita Parsi, founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel, and the United States, talks about the election in Iran, the ongoing dispute over the results, and what it means for U.S./Iran relations. Some Useful Iran Election Online Resources
Twitter search for Iran Election
Three Twitter Posters From Within Iran: Mousavi1388 / StopAhmadi / Persianwiki
Live-Blogging at Huffington Post
Tehranlive Photo Blog
More Photos From Tehran

Guests:

Trita Parsi

Comments [6]

Kamal from Jackson Heights, Queens

@#5 I agree.

Let's see if Obama can stop meddling elsewhere - he seems to be doing that in some other Middle East countries - I believe he should let the Arabs & Israelis negotiate peace without dictating terms or pressuring the sides

that has failed dismally in the past.

Jun. 16 2009 12:22 PM
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kai from NJ-NYC

This is why Obama gets international diplomacy: Besides stating that the Iranian people are the final determinants in Iran over their own country's policy and outcomes, he has said little. Good leaders know when to speak up and when to let things play out.

The only thing that would be accomplished by him asking for an Iranian recount would be unity against American meddling. With the U.S. specter less ominous, Iranians are more able and willing to show their true feelings toward their government.

Jun. 16 2009 10:44 AM
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Peter from Sunset Park

Kind of amazing that Columbia University would invite the Iranian leader to speak, thus giving him and his totalitarian brand of brutal hate leadership a platform. Good for Columbia and its liberal leadership, bad for the world. What does Mr. Parsi think about Columbia's poor choices.

Jun. 16 2009 10:31 AM
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Michael Wong from Montclair, NJ

Twitter is certainly performing a service, but what the heck is their business model after they run through their venture capital? It seems that useful things like newspapers and Twitter aren't supposed to make money.

Information wants to be free. Even if it cost money to produce and someone can make money from it.

Maybe this is a topic for another show.

Jun. 16 2009 10:29 AM
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Loretta Morris from New Jersey

As you read this message, hundreds of thousands of copies of "The Seven Point Manifesto of Iranian Resistance" are being distributed in the streets in Iran. It is an amazing, revolutionary document. Read it here:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-seven-point-manifesto-of-the-iranian-resistance/

Jun. 16 2009 10:19 AM
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Peter from Sunset Park

Brian, please ask Mr. Parsi,

The elected president of Iran is an outspoken advocate of committing genocide against the Israeli people. Just how are the international community and the United States supposed to respond to a democratically elected president who advocates genocide and also has nuclear ambitions? Thanks honey.

Jun. 16 2009 09:41 AM
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