A price for peace.

Since last Friday's Iranian Presidential Election, cities across Iran are are up in arms over suspicions of fraudulent voter tallying in order to re-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president. Supporters of reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, are taking to the streets with both peaceful and violent protests against the Iranian government. In Tehran, amongst other cities in Iran, police and security are attempting to forcibly control and end all demonstrations. As of right this moment, 19 civilians have been confirmed deceased, but hospitals report the tolls could be as high as 150. News organizations around the world are airing footage of protesters being arrested, beaten and injured by Iranian police forces. Keep in mind, that many of the protests are peaceful and some even silent.

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Read about the current situation here : http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/iran.election/index.html

Sign the petition urging the United Nations to step into the crisis : http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/omidadvocatescom/

Visit the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran website : http://www.iranhumanrights.org/

Watching this situation the past few days has allowed me distance from any of my own personal troubles, and to reflect on precisely how fortunate I truly am. In a time when there seems to be so many things wrong with my own country, I've never been more thankful to be an American.