Ayatollah Ali Khamenei selects several “candidates” for an “election” for head figurehead.
Iranians think they were cheated because the “candidate” they voted for didn't win and so are demanding new “elections” to get another of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s hand picked “candidates” as head figurehead.
Meanwhile the Ayatollah’s are “scared” because the Iranian people are demanding that one of the Ayatollah’s hand picked “candidate's” be selected as head figurehead.
Hmmm...
I must be missing something...
This has been brewing in Iran for a few years now. The election was just the catalyst.
“I must be missing something...”
I don’t think this is as much about wanting to actually have Mousavi as president as it is to have a free and fair election. Mousavi would be just a transitory figure. This is something more than just wanting another mullah. We shall see. It’s inspiring to see they aren’t just backing off.
What you are missing is that this thing can get out of control. In 1979 the mullahs hijacked the Iranian Revolution. Something similar could happen this time as you unleash the anti-government forces. No one knows where this will all lead. Plenty of unintended consequences possible.
If the Iranian PEOPLE see that they can change Iran by direct action, changing the direction the Ayatollahs have been steering Iran, then the Ayatollahs have let the genie out of the bottle.
You assume the council of mullahs is united. I'm getting the impression that there are factions within the ruling circle, each with a preferred candidate that will support their faction. What has all of them terrified is the possibility that a rebellion might sweep them ALL away.
== I must be missing something... ==
You are.
It’s not about the candidates. It’s only slightly more about the election.
What it’s really about, is that the people are sick and tired of the whole theocratic mullocracy, and want a democratic form of government.