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I got there about 10:30, met Firebrand and walked over to greet these people and to join them.
They were quite happy to see us! And, we were welcomed with open arms. One thing that was noticable: Iranian people LOVE Americans.
That is not a joke. They truly appreciate being here, and they also HATE the Mullahs!
While we all heard bad things about the Shah 23 years ago, how many have heard of the things that happened because of the Mullahs?
I heard personal stories from many. One man, his brother worked in the American Consulate. He was killed by Khomenie's people.
Another person told me how he was arrested because he was caught walking down the street with a woman who was not his sister or his wife. He was thrown in Jail for that.
So were the women. Jailed.
There were women there who seemed to be Muslim, but were against being forced to wear the Burkha, (I forgot the Iranian name for this dress). They also spoke of what happenes to women who wear colored clothing: They get beaten.
Many stories were heard of beatings by the hired men of the Mullahs, and also how many of these people are not even Iranian that are doing the beatings!
How many know that the Ayatollah Khomenie was not even Persian? His Mom and Dad were from India!
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If Iran's hard-liners are having trouble sleeping, and they probably are, it is because Iranians are fed up. And they are fed up because they are finally getting the truth about how bad Iran really is broadcast by satellite from, of all places, Tinseltown.
CBN - LOS ANGELES - Some believe Iran's hard-line Islamic government could fall within the next six to eight months. If it does, it will happen, in part, because of a group of small TV stations broadcasting into Iran. They are run by Iranian Americans, and they are causing more trouble for Iran's hard-line government than the CIA ever could.
If Iran's hard-liners are having trouble sleeping, and they probably are, it is because Iranians are fed up. And they are fed up because they are finally getting the truth about how bad Iran really is broadcast by satellite from, of all places, Tinseltown....
Wed Jul 9, 6:14 PM ET Add Politics - AFP to My Yahoo!
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hundreds of Iranian-Americans gathered on Capitol Hill to protest the regime in Tehran at an event marking the fourth anniversary of bloody student clashes with security forces in the Iranian capital.
AFP Photo
Members of the reformist student umbrella group, the "Office to Consolidate Unity" (OCU), wait for police protection following the arrest of three of their number by plain-clothes security men in central Tehran.(AFP/Atta Kenare)
The protesters came from around the country and gathered in front of Congress, where they chanted slogans against the Tehran regime.
"Iranians want freedom and a secular democracy," said Iraj Zamanian, a spokesman for the organizers. "So they want the Islamic Republic to be removed."
Farzad Nasiri, who was tortured by the Tehran regime, was equally blunt. "Go, go Islamic regime of Iran must go!" he chanted.
Nasiri, 32, was imprisoned for five years for his political activity against the regime.
"In jail, I was whipped in the back and under the feet," said Nasiri, who has lived in the United States since 1998. "And I had to pay if I wanted to get food."
Sophia Moshasha, 18, was angered at the strict lifestyle imposed by Iran's clerical regime. "In Iran, my cousins have to wear uniforms," she said. "On the beach, they cannot swim together, they are separated by gender."
On July 9, 1999 students and police clashed in Tehran, with at least one student was shot dead and hundreds of others arrested or injured.
Some of the students detained in the 1999 unrest are still in jail.
Thousands of Iranians converged on an area around Tehran University Wednesday to mark the fourth anniversary of bloody student riots, despite the deployment of hundreds of riot police and hardline vigilantes.
I was surprised to see people demonstrating with their faces covered up. About 3 or 4 people. I asked one of them if it was because of friends or relatives back in Iran who might get into trouble, and he said, "Something like that." One guy wanted to cover his face before I videotaped him, also. I had already taken his picture, but assured him it was just a private videotape.
Also I saw only two women wearing hejab.
Some of the slogans on posters: "Free All Political Prisoners in Iran," "No Reform--Just Referendum," "Let's Stop It" (the one with the mushroom cloud/mullah).
Chants: "Democracy for Iran," "Human Rights for Iran," "Stop Terrorism," "Referendum," "No Hezbollah in Iran," and the one that for some reason was the most moving (to me): "Iran, Iran, just Iran."
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