| We Iranians are pushed into a seriously depressing | | | | beyond it's capacity for change. Soon however, all |
| and anxiety provoking situation. Past couple of | | | | these emotional investment showed to turned into |
| weeks of May 2009, millions of our people cheered | | | | anger, disbelief, shock, loss, fear, hopelessness, and |
| for a seemingly peaceful and secular election. We | | | | anxiety. |
| managed to argue for change in order to ask for an | | | | Those in the Iranian government who are clearly |
| active participation in this election of presidency in | | | | against change and happiness for Iran managed to |
| Iran. | | | | find ways in which they could switch all the ballots |
| On June 12, 2009, Thousands of us who had let go | | | | for a president who had shown his anti-social |
| of practicing our rights to vote, broke the cycle of | | | | personality in the past four years. Lies and deception |
| indifference and went to the polling stations every | | | | became to impact our individuals health and |
| where they lived. People voted for reform instead of | | | | wholeness. |
| stagnation, life instead of death, and hope instead of | | | | Millions of votes became useless and worthless while |
| violation of human rights in Iran. In this process | | | | this belligerent regime of Iran used the old ways of |
| people invested their emotional, physical, and spiritual | | | | silencing people. All the ways of communicating with |
| health into working for change of a president who | | | | the outside world was stopped and a coup took |
| seems to be willing to put the whole world into fire | | | | place. This way of fighting against people's will and |
| just to boost his insecure yet self-righteous mind. | | | | votes has now caused a national grieving for this |
| Young people in Iran who had before lost hope for a | | | | dark retrogression. Our Iranian mental health is once |
| human, trust able, and dignified life worked hard to | | | | more time challenged to the maximum and in an |
| get their friends and families to vote for reform. | | | | intricate path. At this point the level of sadness and |
| Level of excitement, joy, happiness, fellowship, and | | | | frustration among many of us Iranians are |
| recognition of democracy made these peaceful | | | | overwhelming. Now we may remain positive and think |
| people go out, stay in lines, and vote for the | | | | of either a miracle or a peaceful solution for justice. |
| candidate they believed would be able to move Iran | | | | Is that possible? |