New York Times: If the polls and pundits can be believed, Ali Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani will move a step closer to regaining the presidency of Iran in tomorrow’s national elections. And while the Iranian people will view the results with a mixture of resignation and boredom (turnout is unlikely to top 30 percent), Mr. Rafsanjani’s rehabilitation will be welcomed in Paris, London, Berlin and, most unfortunately, Washington.


Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 16
Iran Focus: Paris, Jun. 16 An array of prominent jurists and human rights advocates in France joined 100,000 French citizens to call on their government to cease pressures on an Iranian opposition coalition, two years after a spectacular police raid on the offices of the National Council of Resistance of Iran north of Paris.
Iran Focus: Washington, DC, Jun. 16 In a strongly-worded statement that is likely to have repercussions beyond tomorrows presidential election in Iran, United States President George W. Bush denounced the poll as undemocratic. Today, Iran is ruled by men who suppress liberty at home and spread terror across the world.
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 16 Some 300 Iranians demonstrated outside Mellat Park in Tehran this morning chanting anti-government slogans and urging people to boycott tomorrows presidential elections. Guns, Tanks, and Bassijis are no longer affective, the group shouted as security forces attempted to prevent passers-by from joining ranks. 