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Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 13:24 GMT 14:24 UK

I think Americans better calm down & concentrate on how to deal with the recession and job losses in their states. Instead of involvement in Iran. There is nothing new about americans.... Nagasaki and Hiroshima to Iraq and now Iran...... UN should put a ban on US for the wars they constructed and damage the world.... I feel shame when my beloved country and soldiers get involve with american on these wars and issues. We seen the worst leaders in history George Bush, George W Bush and Tony Blair

Rohail, Buckinghamshire

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 13:19 GMT 14:19 UK

yes it is because the condition in iran is not conducive for those fanatics in all the world as to me it is imposible to fite against the world sice they are killing inocent poeple for their interst only while the other inocent is killing each other to get nothing

tsegaye hadgu, addis ababa, Ethiopia

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 12:59 GMT 13:59 UK

Until there is clear evidence that the election was fraudulant, I think we have to accept the result. Without such evidence, Rafsanjani's comments pose no serious challenge.

I am Scottish, Not British

well imagine at the next UK election, Gorden brown comes out of No10 to announce the Labour Party has won, with 66% of the vote... before the poling station have even closed, and that turn out is as high as 104% in some areas.

Andy Salter, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 12:56 GMT 13:56 UK

There is some thing boggling me about the Iranian Elections.
In the midst of the protests a woman gets shot and then the media in the west gave this front pages which slogans blaming the IRAN government of shooting.
zahir, London

Um, were (the west) are not blaming the Iranian government of shooting, we are being told by people in Iran what is happening as, if you don't remember, western media was banded from filming the demonstration. Maybe you should listen to what the people of Iran want

Andy Salter, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 12:44 GMT 13:44 UK

Supreme Leader Khamenei: “Anybody who drives the society toward insecurity & disorder is a hated person in the view of the Iranian Nation." Hardline clerics have been telling Iranians to support the Supreme Leader, depicting opposition as tools of foreign enemies such as UK and US. Mr. Khamenei repeated the contention, saying foreign media had fuelled the protests.
Mousavi: "Who believes the protesters would conspire with foreigners & sell their own country?"
That's "THE" question, isn't it?

Regina-Gabrielle Berry, Toronto, Canada

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 12:40 GMT 13:40 UK

Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi made some pretty harsh comments yesterday, some implicitly aimed at Ayatollah Khamenei. He said the hardliners had insulted the Iranian people by claiming their anger was fuelled by foreigners.
Mousavi: "You are facing something new: an awakened nation, a nation that has been born again and is here to defend its achievements,"
Supreme Leader Khamenei: “The elite should be watchful, since they are facing a big test..."
And so the election sage staggers on.

Regina-Gabrielle Berry, Toronto, Canada

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 11:02 GMT 12:02 UK

Nothing will change, its just a case of "Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss".

The end of the tyranny of the Shah's regime has just introduced the terror of the Mullahs ..... maybe Iranians can hope that 'they won't get fooled again' but we know better now.

A Kelly, United Kingdom

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 10:44 GMT 11:44 UK

If you boycott the elections, you end up with a radical called Ahmadinejad. If you cast your votes, you still end up with the radical.
What else can an majority of suppresed do than take it into the streets?

Freedom will prevail in Iran

Dariush S, Stockholm

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 10:44 GMT 11:44 UK

They should allow OECD monitors to avoid any disputed referendum results.

Mehmet, Turkey

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 09:56 GMT 10:56 UK

I'm wondering if you are a paid CIA or Israeli agent.
Bilal Patel, London, UK

Why the CIA or Israeli? The USA stayed quiet on this issue for way too long. As have Israel. Obama extended his hand to Iran, yet most Irains never even got to this this as there leaders deemed it damaging to there chances of winning the election

This whole story has been lead by the people of Iran wanting to tell the world what happened. Maybe you should try listening to them Bilal, after all its there country.

Andy Salter, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 09:33 GMT 10:33 UK

There is some thing boggling me about the Iranian Elections.
In the midst of the protests a woman gets shot and then the media in the west gave this front pages which slogans blaming the IRAN government of shooting. CNN even had a woman on the phone crying how IRANS soldiers where shooting and beating up civilians. She was hysterical but not visible but on a phone line. THis part was repeated in the west 1000 times.
Did we play a role in some activites to suit our interest in villifying IRAN?

zahir, London

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 09:31 GMT 10:31 UK

Obama's overtures to current Iranian government are no different than those made by USA to the Shah.

Then, as with now, they picked the wrong people to talk to.

The USA has a historically bad habit of talking to the WRONG people when it starts using liberalist policies & choosing the wrong friends.

Obama's policies are over-idealistic/liberalistic.

Some people are just plain BAD & NO amount of talk will change that reality.

In Iran, bad may just be replaced with different bad.

[SKYISBLUESOAMI], UN-SUSTAINABILITY THE EPITATH OF HUMANITY, United Kingdom

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 09:21 GMT 10:21 UK

Shahid Shahid, the difference between USUK and Iran is, Bush and Blair didn't deploy Basij snipers on the streets of London and New York to shoot random unarmed females.

Catweazle, North Yorkshire

Cat cat,
Its odd you bought into these stories when everyone knows people internally and externally are doing everything to villify the Iranians. Why would Iran shoot couple of random civilians? A woman gets shot and the west for few days keep it front pages and blame irans goverment, fishy

zahir, woking

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 08:32 GMT 09:32 UK

People need the basic capabilities for political, social participation, which is valuable for human life and well-being. A bunch of uneducated Mullahs who are so close minded and have no clue of what is going on in the world or the evolution of mankind outside of their little world cannot run a country. we need some greatness like ... Reza Shah was one of the great Kings.

layla perysima, london, United Kingdom

Added: Tuesday, 21 July, 2009, 07:59 GMT 08:59 UK

To shahid shahid Chicago; At least in the UK and the USA along with most other states in the free world we get to choose our leaders and get rid of them if we decide we want a change.

Unlike in the Arab and the Islamic world once they are in power you are stuck with them!

Nice Jewish Boy, UK