Chaos

We have witnessed various stages in the Iranian election, from protests, to larger protests, to appeals for stopping the protests, to limited violence, to harsher accusations, to more state violence - shock - and suppression, to hardened factions in intense emotional opposition willing to die. This pattern seems all to familiar.

It would seem that the momentum created during this past week will carry on into the future for a period.

I would suspect that the center of power in Iran, Khomeini, will not be going anywhere for the foreseeable future regardless of how this is appeased.

With the mention that they will be recounting 10% of the ballots comes an extremely limited compromise. This is probably unacceptable news for the Muoussavi side. 10% will not change the outcome at all.

CNN: Rift grows among Iranian leaders

One graphic video that captured the death of a young woman became the iconic symbol of a brutal day. But like most of the information coming out of Tehran, it is impossible to verify her name -- Neda -- or the circumstances of her apparent death.

Meanwhile, the Iranian government said Saturday it is ready to recount up to 10 percent of "ballot boxes."