Iran is Running

As the Iranian elections inch closer, try tomorrow, the rhetoric seems to imply that Ahmadinejad is going to lose. Iran wants change, as popularized by the United States during the last election of Obama. That change is Mr. Moussavi, led by none other than mr. fantastic himself, mr. Rafsanjani, who Ahmadinejad beat in the last election. So who is this man Rafsanjani?

Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani is an aristocrat who, seemingly controls more of Iran than most people would think. First, a little background on the man. He was born on February 15, 1934, the son of a poor family of pistachio farmers, mmm, pistachios! He entered the seminary at 14 years of age where he picked up the do's and don'ts of stonings, beating your wife and other fantastic theological notions. Then he went on to start the Ismalic Republic Party after the Iranian revolution in late 1979. Eventually he was elected president of Iran in 1989 where he served until 1997. He now heads the Assembly of Experts, a panel of 86 Islamic scholars who elect and supervise the "Supreme Leader of Iran", think about that. More recently he ran in 2005 against the now world famous President Ahmadinejad, where he lost.

So whats this great guy up to these days? Well he's running the campaign for the oppostition to Mr. Ahmadinejad which is shaping up to be an extremely controversial event for the Iranian people where on the one side you have those interested in change rooting for the man backed by a member who helped put the Iranian theocracy together, and on the other hand you have a mad man who is literally trying to change history and realize an Iran that stands as a country to strike fear in the hearts of little boys and girls around the world.

As a war weary American, or a general pacifist, with less interest in creating another parking lot and wasting more money on another mindless war in the middle east, I suggest we all root for an Iran backed by a theocrat than by an insane extremist, don't we already have enough of those? So call all your friends in Iran and tell them the choice is clear. Vote Moussavi! Moussavi! Moussavi!! Although, maybe he's just a puppet for some other pretty terrible things. Hmmm...