http://www.globalpost.com/notebook/general/090626/what-were-hearing-right-now
Need to Know: The "calm of the grave" is how one person interviewed by the BBC's Jeremy Bowen — still in Iran — described the scene in Tehran on Friday. There was also little in the way of official announcements, although official commentary flew thick and fast: President Barack Obama praised the bravery of Iranians who protested against a disputed election in the face of "outrageous" violence, while a hardline Iranian cleric called for the execution of leading "rioters."
One of the founders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, who's also a former deputy prime minister, has told NPR that what has happened in Iran amounts to a "military coup." Mohsen Sazegara also claims authorities know the election was rigged. Listen to that fascinating interview here.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/06/former_revolutionary_guard_mem.html?ft=1&f=103943429
Former Revolutionary Guard Member: 'Military Coup' Underway In Iran
By Mark Memmott
One of the founders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, who's also a former deputy prime minister, tells Weekend Edition's Scott Simon that what amounts to a "military coup" has occurred in his country. And he claims authorities know the election was rigged.
According to Mohsen Sazegara:
Right after the election, 11 o'clock at night, was a military coup because they went to (presidential candidate Mir Hossein) Mousavi's headquarters -- five persons from the Revolutionary Guard -- and told him that, 'Yes, the leader says that this is true, you have won the election, you are the elected president, but you can't be the president. (Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad should remain in the position.'
"And then they started to invent those fake numbers in Ministry of Interior. And right after that they started to arrest the people, to disconnect the country, to dismiss the reporters, and that is the reason that we call it a military coup."
Here's Scott's interview of Sazegara, who became a leading dissident in Iran -- leading to his arrest in 2003 -- and now lives in the United States: