PSCI 1024- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 79 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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The killing of neda, a protester, became a national symbol regarding the. Lots of violence and protest green movement . Tried to unseat ahmadinejad first televised debates and mousavi gained massive support. Ahmadinejad supposedly purchased +2 million pens with disappearing ink many voters worried and brought their own pens to vote, as opposition supporters couldn"t trust precinct captains. Revolutionary guard invaded mousavi"s headquarters in tehran. Some polling stations were still open when one state media channel called the election for ahmadinejad (the report was quickly taken down). Ahmadinejad was subsequently declared the winner anyway (63% - the same figure said the day before). Major protest broke out and motorbikes started beating people; protestors used camera phones to document everything. Domestic issues have since become the largest threat to the regime. Ayatollah khomeini called to end protests on a friday prayer and allowed people to obtain three-day-licenses to kill those against the regime.
