A Demanding People vs. The People's Demands

What do the Iranian people want?

The Iranians who protest are mostly focused on the outcome of the election, namely, how it is that Ahmadinejad is in power when Moussavi clearly had the people's vote. While this may be a single incident, this response indicates to Iranians that their system is corrupt and that their voice is something superficial but not felt prfoundly in decisions concerning their country. As evidence the have the fact that the results were announced only four hours after all the ballots came in, Moussavi had the upper hand in the running, and Ahmadinejad has powerful allies (such as the Ayatollah Ali Khameini) who could easily have changed things to his advantage. That the people's effort to retaliate has been met with violent suppression in the Revolutionary Guard, a group that constitutes 23.9% of the 523,000 troops, is further proof of Ahmadinejad's influential support within the government. He likely has a network of friends throughout leadership who can sway things in his direction during his reign. The people's protest is against all of this, and the idea of a government that is not working for the people to meet their demands, but rather for themselves.

Since it's a comic, are there any real pictures to prove this is all actually happening?

The answer is yes, there are numerous sources of documentation of the reaction to election, rallies, and reports on the crackdown from the government. In searching for this, I found several videos that show rallies at universities or acts of violence against protestors. Another video also recorded an Iranian man describing how the protests would be spread. A superb source for just this thing is at the Washington Post or the AP images website.