Landslide victory or velvet coup d’etat?

Interview with Hamid Taqvaee on Ahmadinejad’s presidential ‘election’ in Iran July 5, 2005 Maryam Namazie: Ahmadinejad, the right-wing candidate of the repressive security forces, the pasdaran and the Baseej won what the media is calling a landslide presidential election victory; his so-called election has been dubbed a surprise political upset in Iran. What has happened [...]