There clearly has been an organized effort to inflate the election returns in favor of Ahmadinejad. National protest of this apparent stealing of the election may in fact void the results. There even seems division within the Ruling Council on this question.

Kagan's opinion while interesting for discussion seems too cynical an assessment of what Obama is saying and doing. As "outsiders" our role needs to be circumspect, while monitoring what both Ahmadinejad and Mousavi's supporters are saying and doing.

Charley Noble