Disputed outcome of the Iranian elections has become a staple diet for the world media ever since its announcement. Media is flushed with stories regarding social media spreading Iranian defiance online against the results. Many believe that right-wing Israeli interests are engaged in all out Twitter attack with hopes of delegitimizing the Iranian election and causing instability within Iran. Before Twitter takes the laurel for manning the battlefront aiming to voice resentment against the verdict, our CJ took a quick analysis of a handful of people, accounting for 30,000 Iran related tweets in the past few days and stumbled upon these alarming facts:

1. They created their twitter accounts on Saturday June 13th.

2. Each had extremely high number of Tweets since creating their profiles.

3. “Iran Election” was each of their most popular keyword.

4. With some very small exceptions, each was posting in ENGLISH.
5. Half of them had the exact same profile photo.

6. Each had thousands of followers, with only a few friends. Most of their friends were EACH OTHER.

Mr Ahmadinejad has 65% of the vote with 80% counted and has claimed victory in an election that drew a large turnout.

His leading rival, reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, has vowed to contest the outcome, complaining of a number of voting irregularities.

A candidate must secure 50% in the first round to avoid a run-off vote.

Mr. Qashqavi told reporters that though Iran and Pakistan were presently the participants, any third country, including India, could also join the agreement.

What do you call someone who explodes a bomb and kills innocent people? - A terrorist
What do you call someone who drops a bomb from a plane and kills innocent people?-A brave American pilot.

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What do you call it when a Palestinian uses violence against the Jews who have illegally occupied his land? - A terrorist attack.
What do you call it when an Israeli helicopter fires rockets at Palestinian youths armed with stones?- Self-defence

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What do you call it when someone gives money to a government official in return for favours? - Bribery.
What do you call it when a large corporation gives money to a government official in return for favours?- A campaign contribution.

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What do you call the form of government where a small elite exploits and intimidates the citizens? - A dictatorship.
What do you call the form of government where a small elite exploits and intimidates the citizens, and the citizens can choose every few years which part of the elite should occupy the government buildings? - A democracy.

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What do you call it when a group of people take the law into their own hands and kill people without a fair trial? - A lynching.
What do you call it when the US takes the law into its own hands and kills people without a fair trial? - Operation Enduring Freedom.

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What do you call someone who steals from the rich and gives to the poor? - Robin Hood.
What do you call someone who steals from the poor and gives to the rich? - The US government.

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What do you call a weapon that can kill thousands of people? - A weapon of mass destruction.
What do you call a weapon that has killed 1.5 million Iraqis, including more than 500,000 children? - Sanctions.

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What do you call an army that will fight for whoever pays the most money? - Mercenaries.
What do you call an army in Afghanistan that will fight for whoever pays the most money? - The Northern Alliance (or United Front).

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What do you call an attack on the Pentagon, a command and control centre in the US? - A cowardly attack on American freedom and democracy.
What do you call the destruction of an Afghan village by US bombs? - An attack on a Taliban command and control centre.

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What do you call it when just over 3 thousand people were killed in the September 11 attack on the US? - An atrocity.
What do you call it when nearly 5 million people were killed in the Vietnam war? - A mistake.

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What do you call it when very rich people exploit poor people? - Greed and selfishness.
What do you call it when very rich countries exploit poor countries? - Globalisation.

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What do you call it when people are slaughtered? - A massacre.
What do you call it when 100.000 to 200.000 Iraqi’s are slaughtered by the US at a loss to American forces of 148 (46 of which were killed by friendly fire)? - The Gulf War.

McCain talks tough on foreign policy, brandishing a style that appeals to hardcore Beltway neoconservative supporters of Israel and Republican military hawks. He depicts himself as someone committed to keeping troops in Iraq and taking a tough line on Iran.

But as Los Angeles Times’ diplomatic correspondent Paul Richter points out in an incisive page-one Sunday analysis, McCain’s foreign policy track record is far different than his meat-and-potatoes rhetoric:

McCain has on many occasions resisted calls for use of U.S. troops. Even now, he adopts positions that are closer to those of traditional, pragmatic Republicans than the more hawkish neoconservatives.

The Interior Ministry had said conservatives, who call themselves “principlists” for their loyalty to the Islamic Republic’s ideals, had 74 percent of the 189 seats counted until Monday — indicating about 139 or 140 of parliament’s 290 seats.

That was before counting for Tehran’s 30 seats was complete.

At present, Iran’s electrical requirements are much more than it had been predicted earlier. Iran has achieved an annual growth of 8 per cent and the demand for electricity is likely to go up because country’s population would probably go up to100 million by 2025. In such context, Iran cannot actually rely exclusively on its oil and gas reserve and it is determined to develop alternate sources of electricity generation.

Our oil industry is aging and due to no substantial foreign investment because of US pressure, country has not been able to cross production level of 5.5 million barrels per day. Among 60 major oil fields in country, 57 are in urgent need of major repairing, upgrading and re-pressurizing maintenance that will need $40 billion in the coming 15 years. The current production level has gone up by more than 280% since 1979. It is just an indication that Iran, which relies on oil for 80 percent of its foreign currency and 45 percent of its annual budget, would become a net oil importer by 2010.

Further, the cost of producing electricity from gas and oil is little high than generating it through nuclear reactors. Iran has every right to preserve its nonrenewable oil and gas sources as the energy-rich United States and Russia did earlier. Setting up the nuclear reactors is important first step in diversifying Iran’s sources for energy.

The western part of the world, with their fear of an Iranian bomb, has failed to acknowledge Iran’s legitimate necessity for nuclear energy. Iran is building nuclear reactors and fuel enrichment facilities for peaceful uses of nuclear energy not for making bombs because we don’t believe in bombs.

Iran needs no nuclear weapons, nor war with the United States or any other country. Instead of indirect action and communication, and shows of force, the US should understand our problems and address us face to face. Iran’s nuclear program is right on the track to cross the point of no return. It is useless to describe Iranian nuclear empowerment like ‘Cuban Missile Crisis in slow motion’ as called by Secretary Rice.

I just want to say that we Iranians can respond strongly if America attacks on country’s nuclear facilities. The US would see adverse impact on its relation with Muslim and Arab world if it attacks. They would be gambling with death if it decides to launch a military attack on us. Iran has already been slapped with two rounds of UN sanctions because of our country’s leadership’s refusal to stop enrichment. We have already brought world powers ‘to their knees’ by defying the sanctions. We would show a ‘serious and logical reaction’ if the UN Security Council issues a third resolution against us.

We Iranians consider nuclear energy our definite right and do not accept any additional and cruel rules set up by western powers. America and its western and European allies would face us as a determined nation if they start a new game. If we decide to go nuclear what is your problems?