As you can see from our news update down to the right, Reuters has just moved a news alert quoting Mousavi saying he’s not optimistic about the results of the review of the election results. That’s probably a sensible viewpoint. But in a climate of crisis of course words are not simply isolated statements of opinion. They can have a profound effect on shaping the course of events. And it seems like a very funny thing for him to say in this context and at this moment since it seems to lower expectations for a reversal of what he and his partisans claim is a fraudulent election result.
Speaking entirely as an outsider to the intricacies of this drama, I would think he would want to be raising expectations, setting a high bar, to keep pressure on the regime.
Late Update: It’s worth noting that this could well be a case where the nuance is lost in translation — hypothetically he could be expressing contempt for the review, assuming it will amount to nothing and demanding more.
