Veteran British Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk, reporting from Teheran, wrote yesterday that he felt that it was possible that Ahmadinajad had won the election, but by a far smaller margin than reported. An article today discusses the recent letter purporting to prove a Mousavi win.
"[The protest] is absolutely not against the Islamic republic or the Islamic revolution.It's clearly an Islamic protest against specifically the personality, the manner, the language of Ahmadinejad. They absolutely despise him but they do not hate or dislike the Islamic republic that they live in. Full story - Australia's ABC
''Could this letter be a fake? Even if Mr Mousavi won so many votes, could the colourless Mr Karroubi have followed only six million votes behind him? And however incredible Mr Ahmadinejad's officially declared 63 per cent of the vote may have been, could he really – as a man who has immense support among the poor of Iran – have picked up only five-and-a-half million votes? And would a letter of such immense importance be signed only "on behalf of the minister"? Full story - Independent
''Could this letter be a fake? Even if Mr Mousavi won so many votes, could the colourless Mr Karroubi have followed only six million votes behind him? And however incredible Mr Ahmadinejad's officially declared 63 per cent of the vote may have been, could he really – as a man who has immense support among the poor of Iran – have picked up only five-and-a-half million votes? And would a letter of such immense importance be signed only "on behalf of the minister"? Full story - Independent
Background information on Israeli connections to Iran can be found here.