–39 percent of the youth and 23 percent of the older age group who had voted for Ahmadinejad now regretted their vote.

–The most dramatic erosion of support has been in small towns and rural areas where the regime was once unquestioned

–Interestingly, the September poll showed that 63 percent of the anti-Ahmadinejad youth group, who were in a major city in June and July due to work, joined demonstrations.

–Another 22 percent said they would have liked to join but were working, though all said they wore green wristbands.

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THOSE WHO TURNED AGAINST THE REGIME GAVE THESE REASONS:

The raping, killing, and torture of young men and women who had participated in demonstrations after the June elections and the realization that Ahmadinejad was to blame for the economic situation.

A SMALL TOWN RESPONDENT DESCRIBES EFFECTS OF RIGGED ELECTION, KHAMENEI’S REPEATED DENIALS

“Look, I am not educated and I don’t…

Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of Mir Hossein Mousavi, was attacked in Tehran University by a group of women claiming to be members of the Basij.

According to eyewitness reports, when Rahnavard asked the group why they were following her, they claimed to be there for her protection.

"Rahnavard told them: you have been following me everywhere since morning. I tell you that I’m green inside and out and you are only here to stop me [from speaking]," the eyewitness said.

The discussion then became heated and the leader of the Basiji women insulted Rahnavard. Witnesses said the leader of the group forced her way into the faculty of arts building and with the intervention of campus security Rahnavard was escorted out of the premises.

The group of women following Rahnavard followed her to her car and sprayed her in the face with pepper spray from close range. Local…