Iranian who leaked election results may have been assassinated

[kpete]

Source: IBT Times

Iranian who leaked election results may have been assassinated

17 June 2009 @ 05:12 pm BST
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An Iranian man said to have released the genuine result of last Friday's presidential election is reported to have been killed in a suspicious car accident.

Mohammad Asgari, who worked for the Iranian interior ministry to protect the security of its IT network allegedly released results showing that the government used new software to rig the result, reports the Guardian's Saeed Kamali Dehghan, citing unconfirmed reports.

Officially President Ahmadinejad received two thirds of the vote with around 24.5 million votes, while his closest rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, received over 13 million votes.

According to the leaked figures Mr Ahmadinejad actually came third in a four-horse race whilst Mr Mousavi received the most votes with 19 million ballots cast in his favour.


Read more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/20090617/iran-election-results-iranian.htm

[aquart]

1. What a coincidence.

Can Khameni be considered a religious Muslim if he will kill fellow Muslims to protect his own ass?

[timeforpeace]

2. You're being facetious, yes?

"Religion of Peace" and all that?

[YOY]

4. He's being facetious yes...(IMHO)

but I daresay it's not the fundamentalists of any single religion that bear most of the scorn from folks here.

Right-wing fundamentalists of any streak excel in hypocrisy.

[curious one]

17. He is no different than any religious leader that cheats, lies, and does anything

to promote himself all under the name of religion and God.

[chollybocker]

3. "the government used new software to rig the result"

Why does that ring a bell?

[AverageJoe5]

6. The line between facts and rumors has been erased

Iran's election has brought out the worst in "news" reporters. They don't distinguish between facts and rumors. This story is a good illustration of that. Right there in the headline it says "Iranian who leaked election results MAY have been assassinated." The reporter doesn't know, as a fact, that the Iranian has been assassinated, but he reports it anyway. And they are giving credence to the leaked report as if it is fact; what if the leaker hates Ahmadinejadi and he is leaking a falsehood to make Ahmadinejadi look bad? They are not Even sure that he leaked the results, because in the 3rd paragraph they refer to " ...... ALLEGEDLY leaked results."

At the end of the story they report about an "Iranian website" which alleges that in some cities the voter turnout was more than 100 percent. Anybody anywhere can start a website, claim to be Iranian, and post falsehoods on his website.

[dipsydoodle]

10. It was mainly due

to reporters not reporting fact, reporting unsupported opinions instead , that contributed to Iran's refusal to renew their visas. A few canny ones who suss'd this restricted their reports to known fact's which did not necessarily need to be supportive of Ahmadinejad in anyway - just factual statements.

The main news agencies are now reliant on the few who remain there are and accredit them accordingly.

:hi:

[w4rma]

5. RIP, Mr. Asgari. Another good man dies fighting for democracy. (nt)

[Oregone]

7. Hook, Line & Sinker

[dipsydoodle]

11. Yes indeed.

Reminds me of Rene Schneider. I'll let you wiki that and ponder as to why there is a live arrest warrent out for Kissenger in france.

[struggle4progress]

8. Man rumored to have released rumored election results is now rumored to be dead

There's quite a lot to dislike about Iran's current government, including the present clamp-down on media, which naturally generates justified suspicion about what may be happening. On principle, we should immediately be pushing for more openness. Meanwhile, rumors aren't a substitute for facts

[Liberation Angel]

9. The Guardian is reporting this also

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/17/iran-protests-crackdown

[moodforaday]

15. The Guardian says

"unconfirmed reports".

[Liberation Angel]

16. The Guardian is a reliable source

and makes it clear that this is not confirmed

however, the fact that they reported it indicates that the reports themselves have some legitimacy

still, not proven one way or the other but with the news blockade by Iran something we should keep watching

who knows what the facts are yet

Is this guy dead?

was he in a position to know the actual results?

could he have released the info

we need to keep watching to find out.

I think the fact that the guardian reported it all says it is important to find out and keep searching for the facts

who knows what the actual results were --- but if they were tampered with by IT specialists then this guy might be a key to finding out

we dismiss it at our peril

[Democracyinkind]

12. Was that the Mousavi stooge that was spreading his propaganda in Europe?

I have lost all respect for Mousavi and his propagandizing friends.

Never will I believe that Mousavi won 19mil to 5mil over Ahmadinejad. Never. That's just blatantly absurd. They are no better than what they fight if they use outright lies and propaganda.

[Vidar]

13. RIP Mr. Asgari. Thank you for your Courage.

[On the Road]

14. This is Getting Stranger and Stranger

I don't take the "authentic" results seriously - it's probably disinformation. Ahmedinijad was leading in the polls and clearly had more support than that.

The question is who was responsible for the disinformation and who killed the person who "released" it.

This looks like a full-blown power struggle with false reports, clandestine operations, assassinations and the whole bit.