i find it hilarious when i see people say "iranians love ahmedinajad! they love the ayatollah! this is all western bias!".
there is a large persian community where i live and i have lots of iranian friends who visit their country frequently and i can assure you i've never once heard them approve of their government or leadership. they hate it with a passion.
i guess other muslims see iran's government from their own prospective........."oh what a wonderful 'islamic' nation!!". it's easy to think it's something admirable from outside.
they don't realize that the country's oppression has just driven people away from islam. 70% of the country is under 30 and born after the islamic revolution. they know that their parents lived in a much more permissive society than them and they are bitter resentful. they fight the government every chance. they ignore islamic holidays like eid and go all out for persian holidayslike norouz.
look at all the women involved in this! or involved in anything in iran for that matter. even though pakistan is more "free" in a sense, all you ever see anywhere in everyday life are men.
anyway, this isn't about a vote. the iranian people are frustrated and this is a chance for them to be heard.
I think for some one who proabably hasnt even been to the country, you talk alot of nonsense. Your are judging your perspective on the 'large persian community' residing outside Iran, and not surprisingly alot of them are the elite that escaped during the revolution, thier hate is quite well known. They are the same minority elite breed causing havoc in tehran today.
Do you even know what percentage these expats compromise of is merely 2%!! SO as large as your neighbourly persian empire is, it is insignificant in comparison to the rest Iran, who actually do perfer ahmadinejaad. The masses of Iran are not rich spoilt sods sitting on facebook, they are actually live in rural lands, and most likely do not have connection to the internet.
Also despite his failed policies, and lack of politcal tact, Ahmadinjaad has done alot for the poor, genuinely. It was on the same bases he got elected as mayor of tehran, and was voted as one of the top 3 world mayors, before he ran for president. And if all his supporters were to come down to tehran, inorder to make themselves heard, I assure you mousavis' hooligans would be dwarfed.
As for your nonsense about not celebrating eid thats just rubbish. I was there during eid, and I had a pretty good time. Secondly, from what i saw, women in Iran had more rights than ever. Hard for you to believe probably, but iranian women drive, work study, travel equally, side by side with men. oh and the chador is not compulsory, hence why you will rarely see it in tehran.
Infact, in the Iranian fmaily system, the women are know to be the dominant ones. Women literacy rate in university is higher than mens.. they are in the police and armed forces...So before you start crying crocodile tears on behalf of the 'oppressed' women in iran, it would be best to check out the facts.
Afterall all, the fact of the matter is, whether ahmadinejaad is loved or not, its not that significant as the Supreme leader. Masses in iran vie to get a glimpse of him, He is thier pope, irrespective of whether Ahmadinejaad is in power or not, so theres no need in lumping the two together.