Posted on 03/14/2004 9:48:00 AM PST by faludeh_shirazi
Iran va Jahan Reports:
Paris -- Unrest, which began yesterday, March 13th 2004, in fereydun-kenar, Iran, has not yet abated. There are reports of scores of dead and multiple injuries.
The unrest began when the local officials annulled the voting results of recently announced parliamentarian deputy from Fereydun-kenar, in favor of an opposing candidate favored by hard-line conservatives.
Eyewitness reports suggest that as many as 5 people have so far lost their lives and 200 are wounded. Some of the wounded are refusing hospital care in order to avoid identification by the authorities.
Demonstrators have set fire to the house of the Friday prayers Mullah, buses and ransacked some government buildings.
Entrance to Fereydun-kenar has been blocked as security forces are preparing to assault the town and suppress the peoples’ uprising.
English Synopsis Below:
Latest News from Fereydunkenar: Moghdad Najaf Nejhad Resigns
He finally resigned from Parliament. As a result of the rioting of the people in Fereydunkenar Mr. Moghdad fearing for his life and possessions finally resigned from Parliament. It must be noted that the Guardian Council dismissed 3 ballot boxes in order to 'appoint' Moghdad Najaf Nejhad as the winning candidate to the 7th Parliament over Dr. Hojatollah Roohi.
The latest news from Fereydunkenar, 6.30pm 24 Esfand After hearing news of the attacks by the Sepah (Revolutionary Guards) the people headed towards the Revolutionary guards headquarters were they fought the Revolutionary Guards and the soldiers. There are reports of gunshots being heard from inside the Revolutionary Guards compound.
Not only did the sham elections NOT get ignored, but the people protested in massive waves. And when attacked they fought back, taking over half the town, freeing prisoners and setting fire to the home and office of the local Mullah representative of the Supreme leader. Not only did the brutal shootings not stop them, but in an immensely bold move, the people then atacked the Revolutionary Guards HQ!!! And the bogus hardliner candidate just resigned!
Many of the Injured are children
From Iranvajahan in Persian (story reported on Peykeiran and also Iranchabar.de web sites)
http://www.iranvajahan.net/cgi-bin/news.pl?l=fa&y=1382&m=12&d=24&a=3
1. Over 5 were killed and many with bullet wounds admitted to the hospital. The regimes forces did open fire on demonstrators.
2. 1 police station was taken over by the people, releasing many of the arrested demonstrators. Half the town was under the control of the people.
3. The erruption occurred as a result of 3 suspicious confiscated ballot boxes that led to the hardline victory in the recent elections in this town, which the people were protesting until the brutal suppression of the regime's forces. Ironically the hardliner candidate had announced that he did not need the people's vote to get elected.
4. The number of injured is too high to estimate. Many of the injured are children, because the regime's forces opened fire at a time when children were walking home from school. Hopsitals in in the town, and adjacent Babol and other cities are full of injured.
5. An eyewitness reports that there were approximately 5 thousand people demonstrating peacefully when the regime's forces opened fire, prompting the people to take over the police station and assume control of half the town. After numerous failed attempts at negotiations between the representatives of the people and the local governemnt, in frustration the people set fire to the home and office of the local friday prayer leader (a Mullah).
End of story!
Comments By Spenta at ActivistChat.com
Pretty soon they will be doing a h.e.l.l. of a lot more than setting fire to the homes and offices of the Mullahs.
In the last revolution you had Palestinian gunmen killing Iranians, and Palestinian & Libyan trained Islamist terrorists from the MKO and Chereekan e Fadayee, attacking government buildings, police stations and military bases. Much of the killing and the violence was committed by Arab and Iranian terrorists and mercenaries, and young men which they lured with machine guns and promises of wealth. Most of the people were too traumatised to say or do anything, and the majority of the violence and brutal killings were carried out by these professional death squads. Afterwards 16 and 17 year old males with machine guns formed the dreaded Komeeteh groups, local revolutionary vigilante squads in charge of each neighborhood, and everyone feared them a lot more than they had ever feared Savak. These vigilante groups then became the Revolutionary Guards.
This time there are no trained terrorists and mercenaries attacking the regime. This time you have grandmothers, children, husbands, wives, students, boys and girls who will let the Mullahs know how the nation of Iran has suffered in the last 25 years.
Can they take on the Revolutionary Guards?
Yes. An organised nationwide mass demonstration will cripple them easily. There simply isn't enough of them to contain mass demonstrations everywhere!
There aren't enough Revoltionary Guards to keep the people at bay, and based on all accounts more than half of the existing Revolutionary Guards in Iran are no longer loyal to the Mullahs. This is why they execute some of the most decorated and respected Revolutionary Guards leaders, to send a message to the more than half who no longer support the regime. Of course this will fail, since it will delegitimise the rulers even more.
If you add up all the foreign fighters,Sepah, Basij, and paid chomaghdarans, you still will not have enough to contain the first mass nationwide demonstration. And these shootings of the regime in the last month, are only recruiting more for the waves of mass nationwide demonstrations that will paralyse the regime.
The bogus elections have made it impossible for anyone to defend the regime inside the country, or claim that it represents the will of the people, and all the shootings throughout Iran in the aftermath are only recruiting more for the final showdown. For everyone they shoot is a symbol that recruits thousands! And once the shooting begins, (as it it already has in all 4 corners of Iran) then it really is over, given Iranian history!
Interestingly the BBC/Muir set are reporting that the people are taking the sham elections well, and they don't care. But then again thats what the western correspondents were filing from Moscow in the last days too, all is well Very Happy This is probably the exact opposite of what I heard from recent travellers who report very open and bold opposition to the regime is evident everywhere in the form of people defying the regime's rules, more anti regime grafitti evident everywhere than ever before in the last 25 years (the regime can't keep up with the nighttime graffitti operations anymore), people openly criticising the govt. everywhere, and people talking about another "enghelab" for the first time in 25 years!
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Good point. The main Stream Media has to be forced or shamed into covering some things.
If Bush opens his mouth, the Mullahs will then proclaim the rebellion is being sponsored by the CIA. The best thing that Bush can do, is to not comment, and let things happen.
And meanwhile ensure that there are friendly, helpful, and very knowledgeable men on the scene that can show the Iranians how to overthrow the mullahs, and where to find lots of caches of AK's and ammo at the crucial moment
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