Skip Navigation

The Daily Dish - 2006-2011 archives for The Daily Dish, featuring Andrew Sullivan

Mousavi's Graceful Resistance

By The Daily Dish
Jun 25 2009, 10:13 AM ET

It's all the more effective for being consistent in its caution and insistence on the voting question. Via Tait again:

"I am ready to show how the electoral wrong-doers, standing beside the main agitators that have caused the present disturbances, have spilled people's blood. I would not, for the sake of personal expediency and fear in the face of threats, withdraw for one moment my demands for the return of the rights of the Iranian people, whose blood is being unjustly spilled today." He added: "(The people's) problem is with millions of votes whose fate is unknown." Calling for people to keep calm while resisting, he goes on: "It is a must for us to neutralise this evil conspiracy through our behaviour and expressions."

More here.



Presented by

More at The Atlantic

'Plug In Better': A Manifesto How to Plug In Better
Study of the Day: Blood Tests Can Accurately Diagnose Depression Blood Tests Can Diagnose Depression
Our Aging Prison Population: Should Criminals Die Free? Should Aging Prisoners Die Free?
Democrats Walk Out of Tense Hearing on Contraception (Video) Democrats Walk Out of Tense Hearing on Contraception
Rick Santorum Wants Your Sex Life to Be 'Special' Rick Santorum Wants Your Sex Life to Be 'Special'
Special Report
The Civil War National Portrait Gallery The Civil War
President Obama reflects on what Lincoln means to him and to America, in an introduction to our special issue. Read more ›
View All Correspondents

The Biggest Story in Photos

World Press Photo Contest 2012

Feb 15, 2012

Subscribe Now

SAVE 59%! 10 issues JUST $2.45 PER COPY

Facebook

Newsletters

Sign up to receive our free newsletters

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)

(sample)