Latest Iran Parliament Video: "Rig the Vote and You Go to Kahrizak" (3 September)

The Latest from Iran (3 September): Ahmadinejad Gets His Cabinet

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You asked for it; you got it. Many readers have enquired about the video, mentioned in our updates, where a member of the Iranian Parliament joked during today's confirmation of Cabinet members, “If you say the confidence vote was rigged, we’ll take you to Kahrizak [Prison, where a number of detainees have died]!” (For those who don't get the humour, Kahrizak is the now infamous prison where post-election detainees were abused and, in some cases, killed.)

So, in Farsi of course, here it is:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9JhcK5pQI[/youtube]