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Our struggle continues. Are you hearing us?
The Iranian Student Movement Up to the Minute Reports ^ | July 10, 2003 | Koorosh Afshar

Posted on 10/29/2003 6:42:08 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife

July 10, 2003, 9:00 a.m. July 9, 2003 Our struggle continues. Are you hearing us?

By Koorosh Afshar

TEHRAN, IRAN — July 9, 2003, proved to be another important date in the contemporary history of my nation. In Engelab Square in the heart of Tehran, right outside the University of Tehran, the Iranian people once again demonstrated their desire for freedom — and willingness to fight for it.

I know, I was standing there.

The scene of the battle was a familiar one. Unarmed citizens vs. the troops of oppression: heavily armed riot police, right-wing radical bloodthirsty thugs and vigilantes working for the mullahs. People of my great nation poured into the streets to prove to the world that we are determined to fight for freedom.

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Brief yourself on the events in Iran, the people, the issues that will likely effect all of our lives."

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1 posted on 10/29/2003 6:42:08 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
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"If you want on or off this Iran ping list, Freepmail DoctorZin”

2 posted on 10/29/2003 6:42:16 AM PST by Pan_Yans Wife (You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept.)
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The struggle of the Iranian people will make
or break everything the US is doing in the middle
east. I pray they succeed in freeing themselves.
3 posted on 10/29/2003 6:59:14 AM PST by Hans
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I pray they succeed in freeing themselves.

Amen to that. I pray for them daily.

Becki

4 posted on 10/29/2003 10:43:18 AM PST by Becki (Pray continually for our leaders and our troops!)
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