538 uses past Iranian election statistics to explore claims of Ahmadinejad's strength in rural areas. For example, in the holy city of Qom, in 2005, Ahmadinejad won 55.2% of the vote.

Professor Eric Hooglund, who studies people in rural Iran, thinks that the simplistic portrayal of Ahmadinejad's rural base of support in Western media contradicts his own research and experience. An interesting read.

BBC says there's a new protest today, and a very large one planned for tommorrow.

You've seen this everywhere by now, but 6 members of the Iranian National Football Team, including the captain, wore green armbands in support of opposition protestors. However, they failed at qualifying for the World Cup.