Tehran Darkhorse
July 01, 2005
The recent election of hard-line conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran's new president left observers in the Western media scratching their heads. For weeks, their coverage had focused on reformist candidates Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mustafa Moin, who many expected would be the first- and second-place finishers. Brooke speaks with blogger Nema Milaninia about why the English language media - and their counterparts in Tehran - were caught off guard.
