Iran’s Disputed Elections and The Aftermath
Iran’s Disputed Elections and The Aftermath

Summary/Abstract: Shortly after the announcement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory with 62 percent of the total votes, opposition candidates refused to accept the results they claimed were rigged and demanded an annulment of the election. Immediately after, a huge crowd of people participated in mass demonstrations to protest the results of elections claimed to be fraudulent. The silent demonstration organized by the supporters of defeated presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi was the biggest since the 1979 Revolution. People took to the streets to question where their votes were. On the other hand Iranians around the world have participated in organized demonstrations in front of Iranian Embassies to express their solidarity with the people on the streets and the opposition. But it can be said that rather than being a violent anti-government demonstration demanding a regime change, these were well-organized and conscious outpourings that shows the level of political maturity.

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