All Iran United In Election

Millions of Iranian people went to polls and cast their votes from early this morning today to elect a new President for four years. In some places participation was so excessive that Long queues were made, and people had to wait for half an hour or more to cast their votes. The foreign reporters and correspondents went every where to cover the election freely, as police and security guards were carefully alert to look after the places in which ballots were taken.
Although US president , Bush last night incourage Iranian people not to vote on Friday Election, voter attendance was higher than expected by foreign commentators and even interior interpreters.
The Financial Times writes: " Thursday’s eve-of-poll statement from US president George Bush that the election “ignored the basic requirements of democracy” appeared not to have dampened enthusiasm among voters."
FT also writes: " Iranians usually vote later in the day, with polls open until at least 7pm, but by 10am queues had already formed at many polling stations in Tehran, with a much livelier atmosphere than last year’s parliamentary election when around 50 per cent voted."
Canadian CBC news and some other foreign media says this election is : " expected to be the country's closest election since the 1979 Islamic revolution. "
BBC covered the election in a different way , focusing the role of Blogs in Iranian Presidency campaign , said a lot of youths had used it as a suitable tool for saying whatever Iranian national media didn’t say.
BBC wrote : "The Persian blogland is less than four years old, and so Friday's presidential election is the first of its kind in the post-weblog world.
Iranian weblogs, one of the largest web communities in the world, owe their significance to the welcome they have received from middle-class Iranians inside and outside the country."
Danny schechter, American news dissector wrote in his Blog: "This is election week in Iran. Is change possible there through the ballot box?"
Then he said about Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and another Iranian who wrote in the Wall Street Journal: "As Iranians go to the polls on Friday to elect a successor to Mohammad Khatami, the high hopes for reform that brought him to power in 1997 have given way to fear that the hardliners will use this election to consolidate their power and reach an accommodation with the West. Eight years ago, Iranians hoped the election of a reformist would lead to political change, respect for human rights, and the rule of law. President Khatami made peace with Iran's oil-producing neighbors, expanded ties with the European Union, and allowed the development of a vocal opposition. Secret executions and assassinations have largely stopped, and jailing without trial of dissidents has subsided. Even the hardliners' candidates speak of the need for reforms."
Schechter also said in his Blog that Left, right & center Punditologist! Christopher Hitchens has now popped up in Iran for Vanity Fair!