Synthesis+Essay+Ideas

Utilize US Election of 2000 as point of reference.

Iranian Reaction to Election: Wikipedia Backround:"Candidates have to be vetted by the [|Guardian Council], a twelve member body consisting of six clerics (selected by [|Iran's Supreme Leader]) and six lawyers (proposed by the head of Iran's judicial system and voted in by the Parliament).[|[3]] The [|Islamic Republic News Agency], Iran's official news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, incumbent [|Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] had won the election with 63% of the votes cast,[|[4]] and that [|Mir-Hossein Mousavi] had received 33% of the votes cast.

Sources:

Twitter- Niknejad

True Talk-WMNF

Robert Naiman Huffington Post

The Office of the Supreme Leader (Iranian site)

NY Times/Kuwait Times

BBC/Al Jahzeera