Posted on 06/27/2009 7:21:59 PM PDT by wk4bush2004
Here are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Saturday, June 27 in Iran.
1. Mousavi has rejected the Guardian Council's decision to look into discrepancies in only 10% of the vote. Mousavi has said that as he mentioned in two letters before to the GC, there are simply far too many irregularities for them to accept the election. A new one must be held in order to give people their voice back.
2. A prominent supporter of Mousavi was forced to confess on national TV that protests were pre-planned and that they have broken laws. However, reports strongly indicate that the media had already pre-written the statements because they sounded far more official than a speaker can come up with impromptu. More and more protesters are being prepped through intimidation and torture to make confessions.
3. Iran's paramilitary Basij are carrying out brutal nighttime raids, destroying property in private homes and beating civilians in an attempt to stop nightly protest chants, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also said the Iranian authorities are confiscating satellite dishes from private homes to prevent citizens from seeing foreign news.
4. Ahmadinejad warned the US of repercussions if it continues to meddle in Iranian affairs. He also sent out a message to the people saying that the days of liberal democracy were over. (In the sense that no more reform and change against Islamic law will be allowed to take place.) He warned that in the next 4 years he will take a tougher approach. This happens while Ahmadinejad's first deputy, Parviz Davoudi, was denied a US visa by the US State Department. Iranian ambassador to the UN blamed the US government for it.
5. At the same time, a government spokesperson blatantly accused other countries of meddling in Iranian affairs and instigating the current protests and violence. Fatemeh Rajabi, spokesperson & symbol of women in Ahmadinazhad's government in a separate statement also called Mousavi and Khatami the faces of corruption in the country.
6. The Guardian Council commission on investigating 10% of the vote was rejected by Mousavi today. He said that 10% was not enough and the elections have to be annulled. He added that an impartial commission should be set up to help arbitrate the issue. The other two candidates also didn't send representatives to the commission. This is after the commission was criticized by others - including a prominent MP and Mahdi Karoubi - for being too one-sided and the investigation of irregularities in only 10% of the vote insufficient. This is while the GC yet again called the elections the 'best in Iran's history so far'.
7. Javan newspaper - which is closely linked to the IRG - has reported that instigators of violence and the forces behind the protests have been identified. According to Javan, a group of actors were involved and this group created flyers and statements! It accused these individuals - 15-20 people according to Javan - of hiring thugs and distributing weapons that were used in violence. It also reported the arrest of three prominent Iranian film personalities.
8. Tehran's district attorney stated that he didn’t know how many people have been arrested so far but that he had met several at Evin Prison. The detainees are continuously under mental & sometimes physical torture. IRNA reported that Iran banned Mousavi’s ally Abolfazl Fateh from leaving the country. It is being reported that it's possible that the fate of the people that have been arrested would be known by the end of the week. The name of the girl who was shot in Baharestan and died later in the hospital is reportedly Sheler Khezri.
9. Amnesty International confirms on CNN: people disappearing from hospitals. Hundreds of people missing. Amnesty International asked the Iranian authorities to immediately release dozens of journalists who are at risk of torture in detention. The UN also asked the government to prevent further violence and bloodshed. More people were arrested today including journalists and bloggers as well as other people of some clout in the Iranian society. Karoubi's newspaper, Etemade Melli's chief editor was asked to appear before a court.
10. Today a group of people including women's rights activists assembled in Laleh Park to light candles in memory of Neda and other martyrs. The protesters were dispersed by the police and plainclothesmen using violent tactics. There were also many policewomen. Many people were arrested and hauled away. Reporters of Keyhan and Fars newspapers were taking people pictures with cameras.
11. Reports have suggested that there is a bitter divide developing between military leaders on what the military’s role should be in the current unrest and whether they should step in. (This could be not confirmed unfortunately through the most reliable sources). Reports of clerics meeting in secret to discuss the current unrest have surfaces from Qom, Tabriz and Mashhad. It is being suggested that even though clerics had participated in the protests a few days ago, they might join in larger numbers if further protests are held.
12. Ayatollah Mousavi Ardabeli has released a statement stating that the election has weakened the regime. He added that the Guardian Council should allow for people to pursue their demands and asked the people to pursue their complaints through legal means as well as asking the government to let people express their discontent through the media. He deplored violence and said that no violence must be used to pacify protestors.
13. It is being reported that very careful planning is being carried out for a successful national strike. This is while in a meeting with members of the National Security Council, Karoubi said that he'll continue to legally pursue annulment of the elections.
14. Sunday is the anniversary of 7 Tir martyrs and there will be a gathering in "Ghoba" Mosque. It has been organized after getting a permit from the government. Mousavi asked Iranians abroad to continue their protests. Chants of Allah o Akbar were heard in Tehran, Tabriz and other parts of Tehran again.
15. Sea of Green is largely peaceful. Reports that Sea of Green is actively seeking to hunt and kill security forces being forcefully denied by sources. Here's a heartwarming video of youth protecting Police from angry protesters when they were surrounded by people. The youth keep yelling, "We're all Iranians! We're all Iranians!" YouTube - جوانان غیور ایران حتی از نیروهای ضد شورش که توسط مردم محاصره شده بودند نیز حمایت میکنند ، آیا اینها اغتشاش گرند !؟
Good ol’ Anonymous. Never forgive...never forget. That site has been a beacon of many trapped inside Iran.
I stand with the people of Iran.
Free the people of Iran.
Obama, on the WRONG side of history. And don’t give me that “he has to walk a thin line” crap. As if the Iranian Thugogracy won’t hate on America no matter what. Plus, what he hell is there for us to negotiate about? Did America negotiate with Hitler in 1943?
And 0 stands by to applaud this sick sob. Birds of a feather....
Ahmedinejad and Jim Jong ILL both vowing a ‘crushing response’
to America if we do this or that ....
I say we call their bluffs and open the giant can of whoopass
on them both .
It’s now , or when? How much more of this shall we take?
America needs to be led by warriors , no lawyers
Thank you for posting this. Jackson’s death seems to be more appealing to the MSM, probably because it gives them a reason to ignore ideal-based, as opposed to personality-based, events.
A TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS CITIZENS OF IRAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo3-paRB2No
“Try to control us, they couldn’t hold us,
Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers.”
Well, he's surely put the last nail in that coffin even by pretending a win.
bttt
I don’t agree on the “no lawyers” part, because conservatism continues to be profoundly discriminated against everyday throughout the entire world. “Conservative discrimination”, as well as all other “non-leftist” discrimination, goes way back many decades without any end in sight. The worldwide MSM, worldwide leftist lawyers, worldwide leftist judges, worldwide leftist special interest groups, government controlled schools worldwide and at every level, the possibility of bringing back the “Fairness Doctrine” in the U.S., all suppression of all non-leftist activities worldwide,...All are examples where conservatism and all other non-leftist activities continue to be discriminated against and profoundly suppressed.
I was following “Persiankiwi”’s posts on Twitter. Nothing from him/her since the 24th. Any news about him/her?
If you understand who Obama is, then it makes perfect sense that he would turn a blind eye. He has an agenda that involves destruction of this country and spreading chaos throughout the earth.
Persian history is extremely well documented, for thousands of years....all it takes is one Jewish woman and this theocracy is toast.
We have done it before.
This is what will doom him in the long run. The people will see that it's not the west that is the evil Satan, but their own leaders clinging to power in the name of Islam.
I do too.
FREEDOM for IRAN!
Same here
Evin Prison has Section 209 that is "solely controlled by Iran's Intelligence Ministry, and even Evin authorities are said to have no access to the section."
One week in Section 209 of Evin prison. Friday 28 November 2008
It appears that this account is rather mild. Many of the prisoners just happened to be in the vicinity of a demonstration. It gives an idea what innocent people go through. The actual demonstrators -- if they live through the 209 experience -- will probably be executed.
They could have let that one go.
WE WAVE A SEA OF GREEN AND SEND BLESSINGS TO OUR IRANIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM.
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