Steve Clemons, who knows about this stuff, has been talking to a number of his sources about what is going on in Iran, and that there is a real possibility of political assassination on both sides, along with levels of violence not seen since the early days of the Islamic revolution there.

Meanwhile, the Guardian is reporting that there are over 100,000 protesting the election in Terhran, despite it being banned by the Interior Ministry and that Iran’s “Supreme Leader”, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has now ordered an investigation into allegations of vote fraud, which seems to be quite a climb down for him, as he certified Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory only hours after the polls closed, as opposed to the 3 day period normally required.