comments_image Comments  Iran's Election Tension: Will the
Losing Side Accept the Ballot Results?  There's no denying the
political and social movement that is building against
Ahmadinejad. Iran is deeply divided.  It's a quiet Thursday in
Tehran. Campaigning and electioneering is forbidden on election
eve, and the crowds are gone, but the tension is palpable. Here
and there are still visible people wearing the ubiquitous green
armbands that signal support for former Prime Minister Mousavi.
Everyone, but everyone, has only one thing on their minds, and
rumors are flying, gossip is exchanged, and the latest news --
true or not -- is passed from mouth to mouth and via cell phone
and text messages. Outside the gigantic, concrete edifice of the
Interior Ministry, which has responsibility for counting the
votes, a pair of young women wearing green smiled as we passed
each other. It's inside that building, overlooked by a huge
portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini, where many Iranians worry that
the vote will be stolen.