I predict that the IRI operatives will flood the program with calls. Recently the IRI operatives calling themselves an army of cyberwarriors crashed twitter and put it out of commission for a while. Anticipate that Basij will moblilize it’s resources to use the program for their propaganda. It will be interesting to see how Mr. Ashbrook sageguards against that.

Hi;

You might want to check out the
Boston Iranians Coalition (B.I.C.)
(for advancement of Democracy & Human Rights in Iran)
which has been organizing the after election protests of local Iranian community in Greater Boton area.

Here is the faceBook page:
http://www.facebook.com/boston.iranians

You can also learn about some of their recent events at:
http://events.kodoom.com/en/organizer/Boston-Iranians-Coalition-3068932

I don’t quite understand, Iran has election that the dissenters say were stolen and many republicans and people in the U.S. wish to try and support such dissenters, Yet Afghanistan has a election and even proven to be rigged and stolen and the guy that question that got fired from the U.N. yet it was hailed as a great triumph of democracy by our president and the U.N. folks overseeing Afghanistan election. AS well to note The country of Georgia had a election a year ago who also declared Martial law and attacked peaceful protesters yet the focus was on russia.

Georgia in regards to Afghanistan had voter fraud, intimidation,attacks of opposition and likes but we heard nothing about this or Honduras election which the democratically election president was ousted, and the election heard under a military Coup yet we didnt hear anything about how a election should not be heard under such circumstances.

Whats with the Double standards here in the reporting? is it cause the Afghan Pres is our puppet? The Georgian Pres is our puppet(who also by the way spent 800k on McCain run for president, remember “We are all Georgians”, oddly not reported)?or the Folks that performed the Coup in Honduras are more friendly than the President of Honduras?

It surprises me that U.S. journalist don’t see these double standards or even point them out, We talk about Iran possibly obtaining Nukes and it would start a Arms race in the middle east yet, the fact that Iran is following the IAEA unlike israel, does israel not count as part of this arms race in the middle east? Is this a taboo subject your not allowed to talk about?

If being a Puppet to the U.S. allows them to break the law, break international laws, Not hold fair elections than say it. Instead of acting as if we treat friend or foe.

Otherwise it’s seem only to be propaganda, misinformation, promoted and supported by the media which is supposed to be objective and independent.

The view expressed by the caller (Kiyan) for asking the people to put their protests agianst the regime on on hold because of external threats by US, … is NOT a valid argument considering the facts on the ground.

This is basically wish of the Khamenei-Ahmadinejad regime which is relayed by the organizations and individuals such as NIAC (Nantional Iranian American Council), Abbas Edalat, … who have had direct and indirect relations with the Iranian regime.

Recently Washigton Post has brought to light the secret relations of Trita Parsi (Head of NIAC) to the Iranian Regime.

Here are some articles which reveal the clear connections of some groups such as NIAC to the Iranian Regime:

Iran advocacy group said to skirt lobby rules
(WashingtonTimes article about NIAC & Trita Parsi):
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/13/exclusive-did-iranian-advocacy-group-violate-laws/

Trita Parsi Reports to Tehran (American Thinker article):
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/trita_parsi_reports_to_tehran.html