Iran opposition holds fresh protests

The Daily Telegraph ^ | July 18, 2009 | Jay Deshmukh

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DEFIANT opposition supporters have staged fresh protests in Tehran, witnesses say, after powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani called for detainees held in a post-election crackdown to be freed. Mehdi Karroubi, a defeated presidential candidate, came under attack from men in plainclothes on his way to the prayers, according to his son Hossein and Fars news agency.

Thousands of supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, chanting "Ya Hossein, Mir Hossein!" and "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest), demonstrated around Tehran University, where Rafsanjani led Friday prayers attended by the former premier and Karroubi, witnesses said.

The demonstrations were held in defiance of a ban slapped on such gatherings by the Iranian authorities in the wake of deadly unrest sparked by the disputed June 12 re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

[myknowledge]

The Iranian people cannot let their voice be drowned under the jackboot of tyrannical repression from Ahmadinenutjob.

Keep up the good work, people of Iran!

[SolidWood]

Having voices to shout is good... having guns to shoot is better.

Two times in the 20th century Iran was saved from great disaster by a military coup d'etat. 1921 by Col. Reza Khan (Pahlavi) and 1953 by General Zahedi. 1980 a coup by General Mohaqeqi against the mullahs failed.

But the pattern is clear.

Aren't there any Iranian Generals today who see the chance? A military coup is IMO the only way to get rid of the ruling clique without outside help (or meddling as some call it).

Unarmed protests in the streets may be heroic... but they aren't going to tear down the thuggocracy.

[LeoWindhorse]

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/07/iran-revolution-day-30-mullahs-arrest-prize-winnign-journalist.html

we should invade Iran with several armored divisions
and complete air superiority and end this immediately
and forever .

America needs to be led by warriors , not lawyers

[myknowledge]

There's your true warrior. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. (1885-1945)