Thursday
Dec102009
Breaking News: Khamenei Wins 2009 "Dictator of Year"
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 3:24 
Stand aside, Barack Obama. Your Nobel Peace Prize, which is being presented today, is an afterthought to this announcement.Iran's Supreme Leader hasn't revealed his good news via Twitter or his Facebook page yet, but he has won the coveted "Dictator of the Year" award. Students at Oslo University, considering carefully which world leaders have excelled in dictatorial achievement this year, chose the Supreme Leader over contenders like North Korea's Kim Jong-Il and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.
The Latest from Iran (10 December): Reading the Chessboard
It wasn't even a contest. Khamenei made his President's "63%" electoral achievement look puny, getting his name on almost 70% of the unrigged ballots.
No word yet what Khamenei will say in his acceptance speech.
