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I have friends in Tehran and they want Reza to return. It appears he is one of the more popular figures in the mind of the Iranian public. They need to decide for themselves who their leaders are.

But my friends also told me yesterday that the Iranian hardliners are getting very agressive with the public. I am told that they have religous police (Arab not Persian) who are brutalizing people throughout the city.

She told me of a friend of hers who was beaten with a plastic whip just the other day. People are staying home and quite depressed.

This is exactly what the hardliners want, to keep the public scared and in their homes.

People are scared but they say they can't wait for July 9th for the demonstrations to start.

I hope they have the courage. It hard to imagine what it takes to take down a government.

People are scared but they say they can't wait for July 9th for the demonstrations to start.

REza Pahlavi lives here in Los Angeles and broadcasts a program to Iran (or used to) funded by Iranian-Americans. But, as to your post, what is the symbolism of July 9th? Is it a political holiday?