Posted on 02/14/2011 1:31:52 AM PST by AdmSmith
What will happen Monday, history will record in less than 24 hours. The atmosphere is filled by suspense over the call for demonstration. Certainly the city is not calm. There were chants of "Allah-o akbar" across Tehran. People expect something to happen. Publicly, Mr. Karroubi and Mr. Mousavi have called for a demonstration in solidarity with the people of Egypt. Nobody thinks or believes this is about Egypt or will remain focused on Egypt. No wonder that their request has been rejected as illegal. Their advisers have announced that according to Article 27 of Iran's Constitution there is no need for a permit. It must be noted that both leaders are under house arrest now. Most likely they will be prevented from attending the demonstration. [While Karroubi has been under house arrest for four days, there is no independent confirmation that Mousavi has been similarly confined. As we noted two-and-a-half hours ago, a senior adviser to the former presidential candidate says that his mobile phone has been disconnected and it has not been possible to reach him. --Ed.]
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They have no clue.
2pm Tehran Time. 1 hour and counting till planned marches. More ppl showing up in multiple squares in Tehran
Down with dictator chants in Sadeghieh sq. Sadeghieh is full of security forces
LaraABCNews: #Iran's Mir Hossein Mousavi under house arrest as the government cracks down on today's #25Bahman protest" less than a minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry
Reuters: U.S. reaches out to Iranians in Farsi on Twitter #Iranelection #25Bahman http://ff.im/-xZ8j6 3 minutes ago via FriendFeed
Thanks for posting that!
Retuers is quoting an eye-witness in Tehran who reports that sec. forces and police are in Valiasr Sqr, blocking metro stations.
Yep- hard to know yet how far this will go. The one in 2009 was so intense and somehow I had the sense the people were totally drained afterwards. To actually topple this regime would be truly a miracle- and we know this security force will not be afraid to shoot is own people- though apparently they’ve been told not to get violent. We’ll see.
@sayahcnn: Tehran witnesses - 1000s of security forces patrolling neighborhoods, major squares & intersections #25Bahman
1 minute ago via TweetDeck
You’re damn near a one man show this morning on these events. I appreciate your efforts. Thanks for the updates.
Keep your head down man!
He grew up in Indonesia, which is predominantly Sunni. His Saudi sponsors in his college days were, of course, Sunni as well.
2:50 p.m. Confirmed: The Interior Ministry has issued a permit for the Tehran march.
Unconfirmed: Reports that Turkish President Abdullah Gul will join the protesters in Tehran.
Unconfirmed: Reports that Gul asked the government of Iran to give the protesters the permit to demonstrate and the government succumbed to his demands.
That will certainly change the dynamics of the situation if it's true.
If they can turn Iran my thoughts on Egypt will improve considerably.
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2:50 p.m. And the government is now publicly declaring no permit has been issued, contrary to the report from the central state news unit. That report and related ones are now disappearing.
Maybe the anus orifice is all three. That would make him a WaShitSu.
From twitter:
RT @Bsalamati: Huge crowd is moving from Ferdowsi sq. toward Valiasr intersection #Iranelection #25Bahman
Mine too. The protesters are moving out now. Gonna get interesting now.
watching closely... thanks for the REALtime updates
RT @IranStreets : #Iranelection #Iran Police forces have closed down subway stations to prevent people from joining #25Bahmandemos
29 secs ago from Echofon
From twitter
ping-a-ling to anyone who want to join this LIVE thread history being recorded FR sytle !!!
Retweeted by hamidking and 4 others
ALAHOOAKBAR People in #iran GO TO STREETS,Many People in Streets Join them, IMAM HOSEIN SQ,FERDOSI,SADEGHYEH SQ.,ALL PLACES #iranelection #25Bahman #Cnn
4 minutes ago via web
Reading twitter it sounds like protesters are being herded in specific directions by securiy forces.
Twitter feeds are still active.. how long until the powers that be pull the plug on the demonstrators ISP?
Popcorn anyone?
MikVerbrugge #Iran #25bahman IRGC Col. Sardar Seyed Hosseini: “Ppl, if you don’t show, the blood of all martyrs is wasted.”
less than a minute ago via web
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