Is Ahmadinejad good for world anti-imperialism?
• Is Ahmadinejad more progressive than his opponents in terms of social and economic policy? Is he a champion of the Iranian poor? • What do we want the U.S. government to do about the current situation in Iran? • What should we do about the current situation in Iran? • Is it right to advocate a different form of government in Iran? 1. Was the June 12, 2009 election fair? Even if every vote was counted fairly, this was not a fair election. 475 people wished to run for president, but the un-elected Guardian Council, which vets all candidates for supposed conformity to Islamic principles, rejected all but 4. Free elections also require free press, free expression, and freedom to organize, all of which have been severely curtailed.”[1] 2. You call the Guardian Council un-elected, but isn’t it true that it is indirectly elected by the Iranian people? Every eight years the Assembly of Experts is popularly elected. Candidates must be clerics and must be approved by the Guardian Council. The
