"Gnome dictator" Iranian Armenians hold protest in front of the Iranian Embassy

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Iranians using British software to crash official websites: TV

LONDON (AFP) — A British web designer claimed Tuesday that an application he developed is being used by opponents of recently re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to crash official websites in Iran.

Ryan Kelly developed the software to automatically refresh websites such as eBay, but told Channel Four News he had received emails from Iranians saying they were using it to bombard official websites with hits, making them crash.

The 25-year-old from London said the number of visitors to the site where the programme is available, www.pagereboot.com, has surged in recent days.

"Later I got lots of emails from Iranians saying they were using the application to attack government websites and bring them down," he said.

Iran's capital Tehran has been rocked by protests for four days since the results of Friday's presidential election were announced, amid complaints of rigging from supporters of Ahmedinejad's main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi

Kelly had to take his website down because the huge spike in Internet traffic was exceeding his server limits. But after an online appeal for donations to cover the increased costs, he was able to make it available again.

"I agree with what they are doing and will keep it up there as long as I can, and as long as the server does not overload," he told Channel Four News.

The Internet has played a crucial role in the Iranian election, with reformists using it to mobilise supporters and circumvent their lack of access to state-controlled media in the run up to the vote.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5il-FB3yUo4GlJpxFgxiqAYK2vLRw

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It's not about Ahmadinejad. People are sick of this diabolical, horrific, murderous, torturing, stoning, intolerant regime. For thirty years we have been bereft of the most basic rights like that of freedom to choose what to wear, what to eat or drink, what music to listen to, what films to watch, what to read, what to say, to sing, to dance, who to talk to or walk with, etc. Men and women are separated everywhere. It's like a horror science fiction, the most incredibly dictatorial tyranny ever and that in this day and age. Add to that the ten times weaker purchase power compared to the days of the Shah in a huge country that floats on oil and gas among other things.

Iran needs a leader that it can cut deals and not a insecure, jumped up chauvinist. Ahmadinejad is like a small yapping dog and he is seemingly leading Iran towards a Israeli-Iranian war.

Russia's and Armenian's alliance with Iran may make strategic sense. However neither nation really have any business being in an alliance with such a regime. Seven protesters where killed the other day and Tehran is clearly struggling to maintain order.

Religion may well be the optimum of the brainwashed Iranian masses. However the economic deterioration of the country, coupled with it's international isolation. Are such that it's not inconceivable that they will eventually bring down Iran's theocratic regime.

[KanadaHye]

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Ok, first of all the Iranian youth are very well educated so you can't say that they are brainwashed. If anyone is brainwashed, take a look at the United States. I would love to see China, Russia and Iran form their own alliance and put an end to the misery the Israeli and the US governments are inflicting on the world.

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Iran needs a leader that it can cut deals and not a insecure, jumped up chauvinist. Ahmadinejad is like a small yapping dog and he is seemingly leading Iran towards a Israeli-Iranian war.

Russia's and Armenian's alliance with Iran may make strategic sense. However neither nation really have any business being in an alliance with such a regime. Seven protesters where killed the other day and Tehran is clearly struggling to maintain order.

Religion may well be the optimum of the brainwashed Iranian masses. However the economic deterioration of the country, coupled with it's international isolation. Are such that it's not inconceivable that they will eventually bring down Iran's theocratic regime.

The president can't out rule the ayatollah, so I don't understand what all the fuss is about. It's not like he's going to ban hijabs, let people make out on the streets, endorse pot smoking, and stop hanging homosexuals. He's a muslim and with that come a set of morals that he'll always think back on, He's not going to drop the nuclear program either, and b/c of that none of his other policies will matter, b/c even if it is a "peaceful" nuclear program, the USA and Israel will not take the risk that Iran could be lying or that some other leader sometime in the future will use the plants for wmd means. If iran wants cheap energy they can use solar and wind

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Ok, first of all the Iranian youth are very well educated so you can't say that they are brainwashed. If anyone is brainwashed, take a look at the United States. I would love to see China, Russia and Iran form their own alliance and put an end to the misery the Israeli and the US governments are inflicting on the world.

Come to think of it so do I KndHye jan, and you put it very well.

The world will start breathing again.

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Let's not forget that the USA is controlled by Israel and visa versa. This is not the America from 50 years back; this country is very much controlled by Jews. Whether the Israelite Jews or the ones in the US. The same thing.

When and if what you said above materializes the world will start breathing again.

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Iran blames U.S. for bitter post-election dispute

As tens of thousands of supporters of Reformist leader Mir Hossein Mousavi gathered in Tehran Wednesday, Iran accused the United States of "intolerable" meddling in its internal affairs.

Iran alleges that Washington has fueled a bitter post-election dispute.

The two countries broke off diplomatic relations after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Mousavi has also accused the government of rigging the election in favour of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The government summoned the Swiss ambassador, who represents U.S. interests in Iran, to complain about American interference, according to an English-language state-run channel.

Meanwhile, Mousavi's supporters gathered in Tehran's central Haft-e Tir Square for a silent protest, even as authorities warned citizens against promoting the rallies online.

Most of the demonstrators dressed in black with green wristbands and headbands as they quietly flashed victory signs with their hands, witnesses said.

The gathering formed as Mousavi posted a message online calling for another mass rally on Thursday.

The message on Mousavi's official website is seen as a direct challenge to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said Tuesday night that the opposition leader should pursue his demands through the country's electoral system. Khamenei also called on Iranians to unite behind their Islamic government as demonstrations continued over Friday's disputed presidential election results.

After Khamenei's appeal, the Revolutionary Guard, an elite military force answering to Khamenei, issued a statement on the state news service on Wednesday ordering any material that "creates tension" and encourages public disturbance and street riots be removed from Iranian websites and blogs.

Sites and bloggers who do not heed the warning will face legal action, the Revolutionary Guard said.

'Deviant news sites'
The statement also alleged the "deviant news sites" were backed by Canadian, American and British interests.

Iranian websites, as well as blogs, Facebook and Twitter, have been vital conduits for Iranians to inform the world about protests over the apparent landslide victory for hardline Ahmadinejad.

All three of Ahmadinejad's challengers in Friday's election have alleged fraud after results showed the president winning by a 2-to-1 margin.

Iranian authorities have also restricted all journalists working for foreign media from first-hand reporting on the streets in an attempt to block images and eyewitness accounts from the rallies.

Mousavi's online message condemned the government's attempt to block the websites, saying the government did not tolerate the voice of the opposition.

Protesters to gather at mosques
"We are after a peaceful rally to protest the unhealthy trend of the elections and realize our goal of annulling the election results," Mousavi said.

Demonstrators should gather in mosques on Thursday to express solidarity with the families of the people killed in post-election unrest, the online statement said, urging his supporters to remain peaceful.

Mousavi said he would take part in Thursday's rally, but did not give details on when and where.

Supporters on both sides have taken to the streets in demonstrations and escalating violence that has seen at least seven people killed since the election.

Partial recount
The Guardian Council announced on Tuesday that it will conduct a partial recount of ballots at voting sites where candidates claim irregularities occurred.

According to government officials, Ahmadinejad won 62.6 per cent of the vote, while Mousavi garnered 33.75 per cent in a contest that appeared to divide urban and rural voters.

Mousavi has called the election an "astonishing charade" and demanded again on Tuesday its results be annulled and the vote be held again.

His representative, reformist cleric Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, reiterated that demand after a meeting of the Guardian Council, an unelected body of 12 clerics and Islamic law experts close to the supreme leader and seen as supportive of Ahmadinejad.

"If the whole people become aware, avoid violent measures and continue their civil confrontation with that, they will win. No power can stand up to people's will," Mohtashamipour said. "I do not think that the Guardian Council will have the courage to stand against people."

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/0...tehran821.html

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Let's not forget that the USA is controlled by Israel and visa versa. This is not the America from 50 years back; this country is very much controlled by Jews. Whether the Israelite Jews or the ones in the US. The same thing.

When and if what you said above materializes the world will start breathing again.

There was also a mass migration of Jews to Canada after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Although Canadians are a bit more aware of their influence in politics and the media than Americans.

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Ok, first of all the Iranian youth are very well educated so you can't say that they are brainwashed. If anyone is brainwashed, take a look at the United States. I would love to see China, Russia and Iran form their own alliance and put an end to the misery the Israeli and the US governments are inflicting on the world.

Neither Russia or Iran have anything in common with China. Russia and Turkey are far to small to compete with China economically. Why do you thing that Russia and Turkey are improving their bilateral trading relations? Out of undying love for each other?

I know that the Iranians are a sophisticated peoples. However Iran isn't by any stretch of the imagination a “free society”. Iran's belligerent posture has also caused a regional conventional arms race and the Arabs and North Africans, are all now suspected of having secret weapons programs.

Whilst the xxxs are malevolent, ethnocentric and insidious. They are nevertheless, not to blame for other peoples stupidity or mass-mindedness. The dominate state ideology in the western world, I'm afraid is soulless, Masonic universalism. Most Americans and Europeans are at this point little more than degenerate, consumer robots.

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Iran's belligerent posture has also caused a regional conventional arms race and the Arabs and North Africans, are all now suspected of having secret weapons programs.

This is out of context.Don't you think iran's arms buildup has something to do with the fact that the usa has troops on two of its borders and isreal is constantly threatening to attack it? Isreal has done more to militirize,hold back from developing and keep the middleeast in a state of turmoil then anyone else times 100.It is no accident that the usa is putting troops into iraq and afganistan(both border iran).The domination of the middleeast must be complete for the zionists and that is why usa is there, no other reason.