Probably, before June 12 no one in the world could believe that Presidential Elections of Iran would lead to disorders, which Tehran hadn't known since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. However, the matter is not only the accusations of the defeated party in falsification of voting results. In previous elections the victory of Ahmadinejad was incontestable - he enlisted the support of not only the poor strata of society, but also, what is equally important, that of the Council of Guardians - the superior body of Iran.

Basic political events of the dying week in Armenia were the work of the Council of Elders in Yerevan, sluggish protests of the opposition, break-up of the fact-gathering group of March 1 events, review of the tax bill in the RA Parliament, and suspension of funding provided to Armenia by the program "Millennium Challenges".