I know the 'coup' word is being used quite a bit. But Ahmadinejad is being very vocal about the societal restrictions he'd like to impose, which is just a tactic to scare the people into voting for Rafsanjani.
And I'm sure after they announce the winner,(Rafsanjani), the Tehran stock market will shoot up.
Pistachios, anyone?
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2557
Iran Focus
Tehran, Jun. 22 One of Iran's state-run news agencies announced the results of a pre-election poll for the election run-off due on Friday between frontrunner Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and contender Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, showing the latter had greater support.
According to the poll, 47.79 percent supported Ahmadinejad, the ultra-conservative appointed mayor of Tehran, while only 35.73 percent supported Rafsanjani, a hard-line cleric and former President.
A separate poll conducted by the state broadcasting organ found that 43.56 percent of prospective voters favoured Ahmadinejad and 36.50 favoured Rafsanjani.
State-run polls are rarely accurate and tend not to report on the level of voter apathy.
I was wrong, TSE is not trading tomorrow thursday. Today
the main section was up, this implies that Rafsanjani will win, (but the simple average fell, so...)
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-237/0506221130192438.htm
Wednesday's close at Tehran Stock Exchange
Tehran, June 22, IRNA
Iran-Stock Exchange
More than 65,037,000 shares, worth rls 314.076 billion, were traded at the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) on Wednesday.
On the TSE, the gainers outnumbered the gainers 81 to 56, while 12 stockbroker companies were in a state of no-loss-no-gain.
The 413-issue benchmark broader topix index, the key barometer of all indices, rose on Wednesday's close by 71.6 points to 12,495 points compared to the Tuesday's close.
The index for the main section listings went up by 77.5 points to 12,428 points, that for the second section listings by 37.5 points to 11,484 points, that for the industry index by 43.4 points to 9,465 points, that for the average weighted index of 50 companies by 6.3 points to 930 points, that for the turnover and Price Index by 282 points and that for the capital index by 12.9 points at the TSE's Wednesday close.
The index of the simple average index fell by 104.4 points to 22,118 points.