Conflict on rise in Iran amidst election season

Posted by Maria Khan on 6/07/09 • Categorized as Elections, Mideast

Per ArabianBusiness.com, Saturday evening marked fresh clashes between supporters of rival election parties in northwestern Tehran.

As the June 12 election date nears, conflicts are on rise in the capital as young supporters of the moderate presidential candidates take to the streets.

Twitterers in Iran and worldwide are offering their thoughts about the election season, some expressing concern about the rise in conflict:

garybaumgarten (Undisclosed) Security concerns in Iran in advance of elections http://tinyurl.com/m3nzzo 01 Jun 2009 from web

(Undisclosed) I never saw such a crowd for election campaigns in Iran; thats gr8! I guess the participation be high as possible.but nothing can be guessed 05 Jun 2009 from web

(Undisclosed) Are we going to make it?!! 5days to the presidential election, I’ve never been so nervous before, Viva Mousavi! 07 Jun 2009 from web

(Undisclosed) my predictions for upcoming elections in cyprus, lebanon, and iran: pitsillides, hizballah, and mousavi 03 Jun 2009 from web

(Undisclosed) new elections in Iran; 60% of population under 30; will they take charge? don’t think so 05 Jun 2009 from web

azzabazazz (Undisclosed) @davecrabtree. Elections in Iran, moderates look like they’ll take it (Obama timed his speech perfectly) so no more Amenidijad. 05 Jun 2009 from Twitterrific

RonSupportsYou (Undisclosed) Elections will soon happen in both Lebanon & Iran.Their citizens can either vote for peace or vote for war. I’d like them to vote for peace. 06 Jun 2009 from web

ahuramazda (Undisclosed) Latest from Iran: Iran’s Phoney Elections: Street clashes in Tehran between Seyyed factions (Ir.. http://tinyurl.com/pnkywn 06 Jun 2009 from twitterfeed

halwoods (Undisclosed) Happy to see elections in #lebanon have started smoothly. But concerned about clashes in #Iran http://tinyurl.com/mhfvm 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterBerry

zimmee (Undisclosed) Elections in Lebanon, Europe, Iran – interesting times. I wonder what effect if any an Obama-effect will have. 07 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck