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    Protests continue after Ayatollah's warning: Protesters beaten, tear-gassed in street

    Iranian police have used water cannon, batons, tear gas and live rounds to break up protests over the presidential election, witnesses in Tehran say




    Video: Large Protest Rally after the Ayatollah's warning
    Video:Tear Gas Fired on Protesters

    A BBC reporter said he saw one man shot and others injured amid running fights.
    Defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi repeated calls for the election to be annulled on the grounds it was rigged.
    US President Barack Obama urged Iran's government "to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people", saying the "world is watching"

    The country's supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei had warned protesters on Friday not to continue their rallies, but correspondents say the warning appears to have made some protesters more determined.
    It was unclear if political leaders had backed their supporters continuing to march.
    In a letter to the electoral body, the Guardian Council, Mr Mousavi, who had not made a public comment for two days, reiterated his calls for the election to be declared void.
    He alleged the vote, held on 12 June, was rigged months previously.
    Official results of the presidential poll gave President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a resounding 63% of votes, compared to 34% for Mr Mousavi, his nearest rival.
    In other developments:
    Thousands of police, militia and secret policemen blocked access to Enghelab and Azadi squares, and protesters were throwing stones in surrounding streets
    A BBC correspondent saw one man shot in a crowd and another with injuries from a razor-wielding secret policeman
    About 3,000 protesters were reportedly gathered at Enghelab Square, according to Associated Press news agency. They chanted "Death to the dictator" and "Death to dictatorship"
    One witness told Reuters news agency that protesters loyal to defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi set fire to a building in southern Tehran used by backers of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
    A column of black smoke is hanging over the city centre, our correspondent says
    Two Iranian news agencies reported that the suicide bomber died and two people were injured in the bombing at the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the 1979 revolution.

    BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran police clash with protesters
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8110582.stm
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    Last edited by ara87; 06-20-2009, 10:21 AM.
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    Re: Protests continue after Ayatollah's warning: Protesters beaten, tear-gassed in st

    Years of Mossad and CIA investment paying off I guess.Punks!
    "All truth passes through three stages:
    First, it is ridiculed;
    Second, it is violently opposed; and
    Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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      Re: Protests continue after Ayatollah's warning: Protesters beaten, tear-gassed in st

      Originally posted by Gavur View Post
      Years of Mossad and CIA investment paying off I guess.Punks!
      You may have a point. But have you ever considered that people are sick of the way they are governed? (Not necessarily meaning the Islamic regime.)

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        Re: Protests continue after Ayatollah's warning: Protesters beaten, tear-gassed in st

        I wonder what Lucin has to say of the events in Iran over the past week.

        As for CIA and Mossad involvement, unless they are actively marching in the streets, I don't think such a general statement is of any weight. This is an organic, grass roots event.

        The groundswell consists of Iranians. This was just fueled by the overwhelming frustration of the youth whose freedoms were significantly trounced on when Iran was forced to go conservative in the early 2000s.

        The majority of the population is under thirty. Now if you want to claim that the U.S., Israel and European countries used the Iran-Iraq to churn the population so that youth would outnumber the elderly and democratic ideals would be easier to promote. That may be something to consider.

        But, don't insult the Iranians who are willing to protest, fight, die for what they believe in. They are a brave and courageous lot and no matter who was involved in inciting them to action. They should be supported.
        Between childhood, boyhood,
        adolescence
        & manhood (maturity) there
        should be sharp lines drawn w/
        Tests, deaths, feats, rites
        stories, songs & judgements

        - Morrison, Jim. Wilderness, vol. 1, p. 22

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          Re: Protests continue after Ayatollah's warning: Protesters beaten, tear-gassed in st

          Originally posted by freakyfreaky View Post
          I wonder what Lucin has to say of the events in Iran over the past week.

          As for CIA and Mossad involvement, unless they are actively marching in the streets, I don't think such a general statement is of any weight. This is an organic, grass roots event.

          The groundswell consists of Iranians. This was just fueled by the overwhelming frustration of the youth whose freedoms were significantly trounced on when Iran was forced to go conservative in the early 2000s.

          The majority of the population is under thirty. Now if you want to claim that the U.S., Israel and European countries used the Iran-Iraq to churn the population so that youth would outnumber the elderly and democratic ideals would be easier to promote. That may be something to consider.

          But, don't insult the Iranians who are willing to protest, fight, die for what they believe in. They are a brave and courageous lot and no matter who was involved in inciting them to action. They should be supported.
          CIA and Mossad don't need to march in the streets, they have traitors among the population funded and working for them. Organic grass roots?? More like Scott's bluegrass seed and starter fertilizer.

          I didn't see any Americans protesting, willing for fight, die for their beliefs when everyone and their brother knew the elections were rigged. Twice.

          The ones protesting are of course the young population, they don't have to concern themselves with the responsibilities of life, they are free to be manipulated.
          "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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            Re: Protests continue after Ayatollah's warning: Protesters beaten, tear-gassed in st

            Originally posted by freakyfreaky View Post

            But, don't insult the Iranians who are willing to protest, fight, die for what they believe in. They are a brave and courageous lot and no matter who was involved in inciting them to action. They should be supported.
            Can't be supported (maybe admired for courage) its a lost cause.
            "All truth passes through three stages:
            First, it is ridiculed;
            Second, it is violently opposed; and
            Third, it is accepted as self-evident."

            Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

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            • #7
              Re: Protests continue after Ayatollah's warning: Protesters beaten, tear-gassed in st

              As much as I'm for some sort of a total revolution, I don't think it's going to happen. Now that the government is actually cracking down on the protesters, their numbers are starting to decrease, by weeks end it'll be over. Hopefully however this will help the government see that they need to be a little less controlling, but in reality they'll probably just tighten their grip on everything to make sure something like this never happens again

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                Re: Protests continue after Ayatollah's warning: Protesters beaten, tear-gassed in st

                I agree with seruven, and if there is any kind of involvement from the West it is only in a limited support for the Iranian intellectuals who are behind all of this, and the real threat of attack by Israel. Big problems are economy, unemployment, freedom, religious laws (enough to ruine any party).

                Many here do not realize that when it comes to Iranian moderate intelligent middle class people this is about anybody but the current president all the while now there is a major division within the Iranian leadership (Rafsanjani and Khatami vs Khomenei and Ahmadinejad). The military has already said that it will not get involved.

                The real story is about ‘should Islamic Republic of Iran continue to be more Islamic or become more Republic”. Mousavi was the PM of Iran during the Iran/Iraq war, one of the first revolutionaries who to his own horror had to order Iranian kids to march into minefields to clear the fields and worked directly with Mullahs.
                In actuality, this cool headed calm man is just a figure head (with many other more qualified leaders backing him) who represents more rights and freedom especially for women since his wife has been so active in politics for many years while he has been out of politics for 20 years after the PM position he held was permanently removed by supreme leader after the war.

                I can tell you one thing for sure as an Iranian citizen who strongly supports these demonstrations……………….Ahmadinejad is finished as a President no matter where all of this ends up.

                Call it Green Revolution or whatever you like, it will never be the same again in Iran.
                My concern is civil war……..which could be sparked by the assassination of either of the moderate leaders against this regime.
                Khatami’s brother is under arrest and he himself is in hiding.
                B0zkurt Hunter

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                  Re: Protests continue after Ayatollah's warning: Protesters beaten, tear-gassed in st

                  Originally posted by freakyfreaky View Post

                  but, don't insult the iranians who are willing to protest, fight, die for what they believe in. They are a brave and courageous lot and no matter who was involved in inciting them to action. They should be supported.
                  bravo!!

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                    Re: Protests continue after Ayatollah's warning: Protesters beaten, tear-gassed in st

                    Originally posted by freakyfreaky View Post

                    But, don't insult the Iranians who are willing to protest, fight, die for what they believe in. They are a brave and courageous lot and no matter who was involved in inciting them to action. They should be supported.
                    Don't worry, they already have enough support from Israel, UK, Australia, USA, Canada, etc....
                    "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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