Fundamentalist Electing Mullahs

It looks like the mayor of Tehran will likely win the Iranian presidential election.

I wouldn't be surprised if the mullahs had something to do with this, but I don't have any evidence to suggest that that's the case. Of course, the runner-up already served as president a few years back, which means that he must be good enough for the mullahs... And it's not as if the Iranian president is anything more than a figurehead anyway.