Eyewitness: Iranian resistance to the mullahs

The American Thinker ^ | Nov. 16, 2004 | Roya Johnson

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On July 9, 1999, six days of student-led uprising shook the foundations of Iran’s ruling fundamentalist regime. If not suppressed, the uprising, which quickly spread to nearly two-dozen other cities, had the potential of sweeping the theocracy from power. With the blessing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mohammad Khatami, uniformed and plain-clothes security forces brutally cracked down on students and the thousands of other Iranians who had joined them. Several thousands were arrested and hundreds killed or wounded.

The Economist magazine billed it as “Iran’s Second Revolution.” Others described it as a new page in the history of Iranians’ two decades of struggle to overthrow the ruling tyranny. While the six-day uprising in Tehran was widely covered by the foreign wire services present only in the capital, reporting on the uprisings in the provincial cities and subsequent state crackdown was minimal if not nil.

What follows is based on one eyewitness account obtained and translated by the US Alliance for Democratic Iran.

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The real lowdown on these mullah barbarians and Iran's freedom fighters who don't want anything to do with them.