Last year's Iranian Presidential Election: Urban Myths Revisited

A year on from the disputed Iranian presidential election, the government still has many questions to answer. Although protesting its innocence, the means and motives for fraud were present. Urban myths are not enough to explain what happened.

The World Today Published 1 July 2010 Updated 9 November 2020 5 minute READ

Professor Ali Ansari

Professor of Iranian History and Founding Director, Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews

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