Letter written by an Iranian woman who is going to attend the anti-regime rally Sat.:

balatarin ^ | 6-19-09

[nuconvert]

I may die...

I'll participate in the rally tomorrow in Tehran. It might be violent. I may be one of those who will die tomorrow. I want to listen to all beautiful tunes that I have heard in my life, again. I want to listen to some cheap Los Angeles music. I always wanted to have much narrower eyebrows too. Yeah, I'll check in with my hair-dresser tomorrow before I go to the rally. Oh, there are some excellent scenes in the famous Iranian movie Hamoon I want to see before I leave. And I gotta re-visit my own bookshelf. Shamloo and Farrokhzad's poems are worth re-reading. I've to see the family photo albums once again.

I'll have to call my friends and say good-bye to them. In this big world, my possession is only two bookshelves. I've already told mom and dad whom to give these books if I never come back. There are only two more courses left for me to get my BA degree but to hell with the degree. I am anxious and excited. I wrote these scattered words for the future generations so that they know we were not sentimental or uselessly emotional.

I am writing this so they know we did every thing in our power to make this work for them and so that they realize that if our forefathers surrendered to the Arab and Mongolian invaders but they didn't give in to their tyranny. They resisted it. And I wrote this for tomorrow's children...

[berdie]

She may hate the US. But she seems to be bent on creating a different course for her country.

If a similar situation were to occur here, I don’t think the majority would care about what Iran was thinking.

If by some miracle, there were to be a regime change due to these actions...maybe...just maybe there could be an infusion of information on both sides that might create better relations.

I’m laying my cynicism aside for the moment. I’ll find it again tomorrow.

[berdie]

She may hate the US. But she seems to be bent on creating a different course for her country.

If a similar situation were to occur here, I don’t think the majority would care about what Iran was thinking.

If by some miracle, there were to be a regime change due to these actions...maybe...just maybe there could be an infusion of information on both sides that might create better relations.

I’m laying my cynicism aside for the moment. I’ll find it again tomorrow.

[berdie]

Sorry for the echo..echo

[cpdiii]

It is a very big day, but I fear during the cloak of night many lives have already been lost at the hands of the basij.

Savak is alive and well they just changed their name to to BASIJ and also became ten fold more brutal.

[Jeff Chandler]

thank you for your auspicious comment-

I just commented on comments others have made about Iran.

I wish them well; I wish them freedom.

I don't wish them nuclear weapons and terrorism.

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

what most people don’t want is an Ayatollah stamping his foot telling people to go home and back to their ordinary lives , re-assuring the vote count was correct and if you don’t agree you are going to be executed?

[rdb3]

According to some folks on this forum, this woman hates the United States more than she dislikes the Mullahs.

I've noticed that, too

Amazing << Hear this. Feel this, and tell me that this isn't music.

Oh, dear...

[TomasUSMC]

Take a molotov cocktail and toss it at a mullah. Throw some metal into a powerplant and short it out, and if you think that you may die tomorrow, then kill those who would kill you TONIGHT.

Save the poetry for after the fight instead of in place of it.

[Quix]

I pray God bless and protect that woman.

[AdmSmith]

Google has an new translation service in Farsi/Persian. It is not yet even a beta version, so the translation is very approximate.

http://translate.google.com/translate_t#

[AdmSmith]

This is how they think in the Iranian security establishment:

Iranians are Encouraged to Spy on Their Own Family
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKRFQH0o8Dk

[AdmSmith]

Here it is a very good page with links for translations of Twitter and YouTube

http://www.pagef30.com/2009/06/how-to-help-now-that-google-translate.html

[girlangler]

I agree Diplomat.

I’ve been ready about the Iranians’ efforts for freedom long before this election. This is just the first time the MSM in this country has covered it.

God be with the brave young Iranians. Has anyone heard from Dr. Zin (I believe was his name)? He used to post on FR from Iran.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks AdmSmith.

[odds]

I’m very disappointed that the American People do or have done very little to help Iranian People, only talk a lot. Although, same can be said about many expat Iranians.

Admsmith:

I think you mentioned “Bravo Sierra” in another threat on FR. Bulls*** indeed about some of that article.

Naturally, we hope for the best, never mind sanctions.

[odds]

RE #35 comment here

threat = thread

BTW, IR has already begun its ambush and offensive on protestors at least in Tehran. The success of these protest do Not depend on mass advertisements in forums and blogs, but in Surprise on the part of opposition in Iran & around the world.

[vetvetdoug]

No matter what her convictions are, she should look at Czechoslovakia in the late 1950’s and glean some experience and lessons on how she will be treated for protesting. The US won't help, neither will anyone else. She is dead meat.

[odds]

You are right. But, I hardly think she expects or expected US support. After decades, Iranians, IMO, have learned the lesson well.

[joesjane]

Thank you Sir (and I mean that respectfully)

[girlangler]

“I’ve been ready about the Iranians’ efforts”

I meant reading. And, I was referring to reading about brave Iranians standing against their govt. for years, and reading accounts about this on FR, although nothing like what is happening now.

It has disturbed me that the MSM here in the U.S. has ignored these stands (10- to 15,000 Iranians marching in the streets) for so many years. If not for the internet, we probably wouldn’t be reading about this now.