Irans election and its outcome has been hogging the news, online and print media for over 2 weeks now.
First off all, let me state that I am not Irani. However I am interested in the politics in that region because somehow or the other, what happens in Iran, Iraq, Gaza, Lebanon and Israel usually ends up affecting my life directly or indirectly. Also let me state that I dont support any one side over the other only because I have not performed my own evaluation of the situation and have been fed my views by the media.
For the second time since the Islamic revolution of 1979, there has been open revolt against the government. Irani people have taken to the streets demonstrating against what they say is vote rigging. Many have lost their lives in their pursuit of justice.
I am in no position to say that Ahmadinejad cheated in the elections and that he does not deserve to be the president but the media cannot talk enough about the great fraud carried out against the Irani people. At the same time, there are countering opinions stating that there was no rigging and that the elections were actually accurate [read here].
What I can confidently state is the following : the spirit demonstrated by the Irani people both in Iran and abroad against the election of Ahmadinejad will change the course of future elections. The authorities will be wary of even thinking about any sort of fraudulent activities. Maybe all the protesting is not going to make any changes in the immediate future but future generations will take heart from the current group of protestors and will not be afraid to speak up against anything that is perceived as injustice.
Again without supporting any one side, I can confidently state that Irani people have found the essence of being free - they have understood the need to take charge of their countrys future in their own hands. They have tasted revolution and know what it means to hold their flags higher then their self imposed submissiveness. Today they can stand proudly with all the revolutionaries of the past and present who believed that it was better to die today than to live in the shadows of tyranny forever.
History is littered with stories where the common man on the street declared in unison with his fellow citizens his desire for change. It happened in the French revolution, the American revolution and during the independance of the sub continent. Irani people have probably started writing a new chapter in history - one that will shake the very foundations on which Irans society is based.
Things are never going to be the same for them again !
