It’s getting interesting in Iran.

After the presidential elections Sunday, both incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and reformist challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi declared themselves winners. From there, things unravelled quickly.

The “official” vote count shows Ahmadinejad as the winner, but Mousavi has demanded a recount due to “unfair circumstances.”

These include, among other things, the government’s blocking of text-messaging, the method by which Mousavi communicated with many of his supporters, on election day.

The country’s true leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, further complicated things, announcing Ahmadenijad as the winner and, a few days later, declaring a partial recount.

People are angry. Supporters from both sides are taking to the streets, resulting in mass chaos.

The chaos, the anger, the protesting, the violence — it’s beautiful in its own way. People are forcing change. They’re demanding the right to elect their own government, perhaps in recognition that — up until now — they’ve been controlled by corruption and politicians who have hidden behind the umbrella of religion.

It’s about time.