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Huge pro-reform rally defies crackdown threats
boston.com via AP ^ | 6/15/09 | AP

Posted on 06/15/2009 9:42:28 AM PDT by GQuagmire

TEHRAN, Iran—More than 100,000 opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defied an Interior Ministry ban Monday and streamed into central Tehran to cheer their pro-reform leader in his first public appearance since elections that he alleges were marred by fraud.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iran; iranelections

1 posted on 06/15/2009 9:42:29 AM PDT by GQuagmire
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To: GQuagmire

Ibelieve the pro-reform dude has already been put in jail....and I expect he will soon commit suicide.


2 posted on 06/15/2009 9:43:54 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: GQuagmire

I’m glad to see the iron fist of Ahmadinejad being challenged in the streets. I hope we soon see similar sized protests in the US against Obama.


3 posted on 06/15/2009 9:45:10 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: GQuagmire

Good job, Ears. Can you suck up to Chavez some more and put his country in turmoil, too?


4 posted on 06/15/2009 9:52:01 AM PDT by kromike
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To: GQuagmire

Ummm..., the mullahs have spoken.... now go home...


5 posted on 06/15/2009 10:03:07 AM PDT by Star Traveler (The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
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To: Sacajaweau
and I expect he will soon commit suicide.

Are you referring to Tehranacide?

6 posted on 06/15/2009 10:12:03 AM PDT by C210N (A patriot for a Conservative Renaissance!)
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To: Sacajaweau
"What if you tracked them all down and killed them? From every corner of Europe hundreds, thousands would rise to take their place. Even Nazis can't kill that fast." - Lazlo
7 posted on 06/15/2009 3:20:12 PM PDT by JasonC
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