Posted on 12/06/2006 1:13:34 PM PST by nuconvert
Edited on 12/06/2006 1:22:06 PM PST by Lead Moderator. [history]
Today is "Students Day" in Iran, and thousands demonstrated this morning in universities across the country. Below are pictures taken at Tehran University where the crowd was estimated at several thousand.
Some of the signs read, "Death to Dictatorship", "Death to Islamic Republic", "Students For Workers", "We have nothing to lose to defend freedom", "Free political prisoners now", "Boycott the sham elections".
Police and many more vigilantes (basij) were on hand to control the crowds.
I don't know. Before Carter danced on their heads, Iran used to be pro-American and modern. Women wore modern clothes. Those people are still alive and remember what freedom felt like. Those people know that Imanutjob IS (a nut job). Those people have raise their children to "never forget".
Shame on America for not doing the same. Our Gen W's think history started when they were born.
It's one thing to try to make the world think that your gov't is moderate. It's quite another thing to publicize a radical, violent gov't and moderate population.
I am going now to send this link to Fox, CNN, ABC,CBS, MSNBC.
Don't know if it'll do any good, but if all freepers do it it should get their attention.
I cannot understand why they ignore this. Heck, a few naked PETA girls, or Cindy Sheehan, can draw a crowd of five people and make major headlines, or the lead story on the news.
[...send this link to Fox, CNN, ABC,CBS, MSNBC...]
Gor for it girl!
this is the same route that ajhmadinebad passed through graduating at the US consulate!
The Iranians have done a bang up job of making Britain and the USA look guilty for having bleed nearly to death in order to win WW1 and WW2. Our President is the reason we have a generation of kids who think history started with them. Our leadership is too embarassed of our success.
good post
>>You can call that "freedom", but at least the protestors, unlike you, know it is as false as the sham elections.<<
You mean like the sham election we had for the governor of my state (washington).
And let's talk about freedom. I wonder if the Iranian government regulates what kind of toilets they can buy, or forces them to wear helmets or seatbelts. Or doesn't allow them to smoke in public places, etc.
Don't get me wrong. I'm only playing devils advocate. I'm just trying to point out that we are not as free as some think, and their freedoms are not as limited as some think. The fact that they are even allowed to march is clear evidence of that.
I'd much rather have my toilet regualted than my LIFE regulated- http://sacredscoop.com
I agree. But actuall, both offend me.
Well me too- but really, soem concessions are pretty innocuous and while they might affect the individual, they do help everyone- seatbelts do save lives and money in insurace suits, medical costs etc, saving water does help in drought prone areas etc-- yeah, it would be nice to do what we want whenever we want, but sometimes it's not always possible as others make it harder for others by abusing systems etc.
Ho Chi Minh had more pro-American sentiment than Foggy Bottom has had for over seventy years now. Good point, by the way.
"their freedoms are not as limited as some think. The fact that they are even allowed to march is clear evidence of that."
It is against the law to hold a public gathering in Iran without prior permission. Five people standing on a street corner can be an invitation for arrest on charges of conspiring against the gov't.
Any person joining a protest/demonstration takes the chance of being beaten, arrested. etc.
Demonstrations such as the one held today are expected by the regime and they put up with them to a point. Ahmadinejad and Khatami recently visited the U.S. and tried to convince everyone that they run a free country. Very bad press to be seen beating up all the protesters in an annual event.
However, the regime has been known to use helicopter gunships on its citizens in smaller out-of-the-way cities in order to control the crowds.
I've read that the ratio of protesters to cops and gov't vigilante thugs for this event were about 2 to 1. In other words, 1 thug for every 2 protesters. That's pretty heavy-handed tight security.
P.S. Please be advised that the gov't takes photos of people participating in these events and will arrest people days later with no publicity about it. Some of these people may remain in prison for years, or end up dead.
Now, would you like to hear what can happen to children who are caught attending a coed birthday party?
So much for Iranian freedoms.
pong
"The fact that they are even allowed to march is clear evidence of that."
The demos demonstrate nothing about freedom. They demonstrate that the Mullahs believe they are so secure in their dictatorship that the demos are meaningless.
Thanks for the "pong"!
Wow---this is something....I hope the photos are real.....
>>It is against the law to hold a public gathering in Iran without prior permission.<<
It is in the US too. But we spell permission "permit".
>>Demonstrations such as the one held today are expected by the regime and they put up with them to a point. <<
Are you talking about the WTS marches in Seattle. I was there. It was incredible.
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