Farsi broadcasters at Israel Radio expect popular uprising in Iran

Jerusalem Post ^ | Jul. 9, 2003 | THE JERUSALEM POST INTERNET STAFF

[yonif]

Israel Radio's Farsi (Iranian language) radio broadcasters report receiving numerous calls from within Iran predicting a popular uprising against the government there.

The state-funded radio station today broadcast recordings of Iranians speaking angrily about the regime.

"It is incumbent upon us to rise up," one caller said.

One Israel-based Farsi broadcaster predicted that an Iranian national uprising is a matter of time. He cited Iranians' anger at poverty, drug addiction and support for international terror.

Protests involving thousands have been regular occurrences in Iran recently.

The Jerusalem-based station broadcasts Iranian-language talk shows on short-wave frequencies that can be heard in Iran. Iranians from all sectors of that country's society call in regularly, the station says.

Israel Radio estimates tens of millions of Iranians listen to its Farsi broadcasts, particularly during times of unrest.

[doug from upland]

The sooner the better.

[Support Free Republic]

Hi Mom!

[giotto]

It's time to start praying that this movement will succeed.

[The Duke]

Iran once had the very type of nation they seen to now wish apon themselves again. Can't these "students" make up their minds?

[happygrl]

Iran under the Shah suffered from the terror of Savak.

It was not a nation of freedom.

The parents of these students turned to the revolutionary ideology of that time: Islamic Republics.

That turned out to be worse.

Let's hope their children, who have chosen the ideals of America, will have a chance to make their dreams a reality and get it right this time.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Let's hope their children, who have chosen the ideals of America

Are we sure of that? I haven't seen anything telling me what kind of government these protesters would prefer. Will they trade the hell of the Mullahs for a socialist hell? I fervently hope they do come down on the side of freedom...

[nuconvert]

You haven't read enough.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Good - I was worried that their hopes for freedom could be hijacked by socialists.

[yonif]

Ping.

[tictoc]

I just finished reading Among the Believers, by V.S. Naipaul. The author traveled to Iran just after Khomeini took power. He describes how the communists fought, and lost, against the Islamists.

These leftists are still around and will be hoping to turn the tables. Fortunately, they no longer have a Soviet Union to sponsor them. (Thank you, President Reagan, and no thanks to President Carter.)

Personally, I think the U.S. will have to get hands-on involved in Iran, too. We cannot allow whoever is the most brutal faction to take power and build nuclear weapons.

Iraq was just the beginning. The Middle East will consume increasing resources and lives over the next decades. The United States will be doing the hard, expensive and bloody work of forestalling a nuclear war fought in the region, while sanctimonious Europeans go on about their business, not contributing either troops or money.

[americanbychoice1]

Nice to see you back, how was your visit? I hope successful? Where did you go? so many questions, so little time. Good to have you back, missed you.

[tictoc]

You have Freepmail.