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New York Times – Iran Admits Possible Discrepancy in 3 Million Votes
 
Iran’s leaders continue to make it hard for President Barack Obama to use his “smart power” and engagement approach in regard to the country’s disputed election.

By first taking a hard line on demonstrations and protests, the mullahs drew Obama into his first rebuke of the Tehran regime. But even as the White House was considering the next move under pressure from pro-democracy Americans, the theocrats in Iran seemed to undertake the recount they promised last week.

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