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Iranians take to streets in biggest protest since crushed 2009 demonstrations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/30/iran-protests-trump-tweets ^ | Dec. 30, 2017 | Saeed Kamali Dehghan and Emma Graham-Harrison

Posted on 12/30/2017 11:37:33 AM PST by caww

In the capital they showed their anger through normally taboo slogans, such as “death to the dictator”, chanted by students gathered near Tehran university – a barely veiled attack on the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Clashes with security forces followed.

It was not clear how many were detained in Tehran on Saturday, but scores of protesters are believed to have been arrested in western Kermanshah and eastern Mashhad, Iran’s conservative second city, where the latest unrest began.

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KEYWORDS: iran; iranianspring; iranprotests; iranrevolution
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To: BeauBo
This is from 2015...

Who is Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, the man who stumped Trump?

ROTF!

61 posted on 12/30/2017 1:27:59 PM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: the_Watchman
My concern is that President Trump should not encourage them unless he really plans to help them. I'm not sure how that help would occur.

Ditto.

62 posted on 12/30/2017 1:29:23 PM PST by Washi
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63 posted on 12/30/2017 1:32:08 PM PST by conservative98
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To: caww
Ob was a very weak President.....surrounded by power hungry women

Yes, he's the quintessential, pyjama boy, beta/omega male.

64 posted on 12/30/2017 1:47:06 PM PST by Salvey
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To: All

Lessons form 2009...

1. Have a POTUS with a backbone who won’t side with the regime. Words of hope and encouragement.

2. Counter ECM and cyber attacks to break the firewalls and open communication with the outside world and within the populace.

3. Coordination with regional countries for a singular message.


65 posted on 12/30/2017 2:01:53 PM PST by ak267
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To: Disestablishmentarian

Not at all surprised people are stepping up to assist iran....wonderful to stand for freedom for a people to be “Persia’ Again.

.......Protests, riots, and attacks on security forces reported in Tehran, Isfahan, Mashad, Qom, Ardabil, Zanjan, Ahvaz, Rasht, Kashan, Kermanshah, Khoramabad

It’s clear that a mass revolt is taking place over the entire country of Iran. People chanting they want their country back....No to Islamic rule.


66 posted on 12/30/2017 2:04:19 PM PST by caww (freeen)
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To: Salvey

Absolutely! Though I think PJ Boy is one up on OB.....no wonder his hood rat wife. But now, for a time they’ll be hanging with the elite until the elite grow tired of them ...it won’t take long.


67 posted on 12/30/2017 2:07:58 PM PST by caww (freeen)
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To: ak267

It’s exciting watching our President operate in foreign affairs....... he’s an amazing tactician/p>


68 posted on 12/30/2017 2:10:58 PM PST by caww (freeen)
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To: caww

test


69 posted on 12/30/2017 2:12:06 PM PST by caww
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To: caww

https://www.google.co.il/search?q=iran+protests&rlz=1C1CHBF_enIL731IL731&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV-83e5LLYAhURLVAKHVsaA_EQ_AUICigB&biw=1077&bih=403

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/30/middleeast/iran-protests-intl/index.html


70 posted on 12/30/2017 2:34:40 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

71 posted on 12/30/2017 2:37:14 PM PST by caww
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To: NFHale
If this is a shot at helping take down a major terrorism supporter and delivering a bitch-slap at the islamic supremacists, we should be helping foster it.

Absolutely. And that’s really all we need to understand about it. Go Iranians, and I pray you can wrench yourselves out from under the thumb of your Mullah overlords.

72 posted on 12/30/2017 2:37:35 PM PST by JustaCowgirl (Hillary: The definition of ‘rampant sexism’ is anyone saying or doing anything I don’t like.)
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To: caww

73 posted on 12/30/2017 2:40:10 PM PST by caww
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To: caww

74 posted on 12/30/2017 2:49:40 PM PST by caww
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To: Eleutheria5
LOLOL.....As usual the Iran Regime sends out their 'old ladies' to support the Regime and oppose the protestors......I suspect many are wives of the Regime....the men are to scared to get in the streets themselves.


75 posted on 12/30/2017 2:56:01 PM PST by caww
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To: bboop
I hope the US is not stirring this up ala Arab Spring ... or else there will be a vacuum that is filled by Really Bad Guys.

You mean guys like the Council of Guardians?

I would love to read about the Iranian people ceaucescuizing them. And, if a certain tweeter turns out to have had a hand in inspiring the event, we should be proud of him!

76 posted on 12/30/2017 3:05:10 PM PST by cynwoody
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Al Boe BREAKING NEWS‏ @AlBoeNEWS Follow Follow @AlBoeNEWS More #BREAKING PHOTO: Protesters have reportedly burned down a prosecutors office in Kashan, Iran, after police fled the scene, v
77 posted on 12/30/2017 3:18:35 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: caww

I have a technical question: Aren’t portraits of people forbidden in Islam? How can there be a portrait of the Supreme Ayatollah?


78 posted on 12/30/2017 3:26:37 PM PST by Czech_Occidentalist
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To: All

protests now breaking out in the smaller cities as well..seems to be a mix of age groups not just young people

https://twitter.com/borzou/status/947229793476636672


79 posted on 12/30/2017 3:27:39 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: bboop
”I hope the US is not stirring this up ala Arab Spring, and then we’ll have to go in there and clean up - or else there will be a vacuum that is filled by Really Bad Guys.”

Having just seen “Darkest Hour” a few minutes ago, the tenor of your words is very familiar. They fit the Chamberlain/Halifax mold perfectly.

As others here have already pointed out, the mullahs ARE the “really bad guys.” I have zero tolerance anymore for Libertarian isolationism. This moment with Iran may well present a golden opportunity to overthrow the Islamist government and thereby avoid what will otherwise inevitably require a brutal war. Iran’s nuclear ambitions are no less dangerous than North Korea’s, and wishing them away or fantasizing about “containment” will not forestall the threat. Their nuclear threat WILL have to be ended, one way or another. Personally, I would prefer to do it by supporting their people in their effort to exterminate the Islamist vermin in their midst.

This situation is not analogous to what Obama and Hillary did to Libya or Egypt. The Iranian people are ALREADY suffering under an Islamist dictatorship (your “really bad guys”). We should expend every effort, both covert and if necessary overt, to support this uprising.

80 posted on 12/30/2017 3:43:35 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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