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To: elhombrelibre; All

tweets:

Non stop sound of shooting heard in Tehran

after hearing about killing a person by Basij people from Ikbatan(a part of Tehran) came out & started another demonstration

People are shouting “This Blood in my veins will stop the coup”

Sources in #Tehran say candidate Mehdi Karrubi will speak in 2 hours. He’s protesting results w/#Mousavi.

Hearing Allaho Akbar and Down with dictator from all the roofs

ppl get together in front of our apartment it seems ppl ready for demonstration again in tonight

we are going offline to get a phone free for calling out. we are also moving location - too long here - is dangerous.

we are hearing that large numbers gathering in Tajreesh sq, north tehran, now. rumour that there will be another speech

tonight Kamenei will fight hard - he knows he is close to finish.

3 ppl from our group still not returned from march. no mobile
contact. last phone contact 2 hours ago.


169 posted on 06/15/2009 11:57:53 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

Mehdi Karrubi or Karroubi has a reasonably clear platform roughly half of which are things Freepers would support.

His policies seem to be: (from Wiki)

1. Returning to the planned-based system of governing and using the elite and experts in decision making process
2. Organizing financial policies and increasing the effect of national budget
3. Protecting human rights and people’s privacy
4. Improving women’s social status
5. Nationalizing oil profits
6. Supporting NGOs
7. Supporting the right of religious or tribal minorities
8. Supporting the domination of law and opposing and criticizing illegal behavior
9. Supporting the press and free access to the information and internet

“His main economical programming is letting people to hold the stocks of oil and gas companies and share oil profit. These stocks will be shared among Iranians above 18 years of age without the right to sell. He has predicted that this will add 70000 Tomans a month to every Iranian’s income.”


In contrast: I can’t find much about what Mousavi wants, except that he wants to promote the creation of private, non-governmental TV networks and get rid of the religious police. Which sounds fair enough as far as it goes.

There was some talk (from Mousavi supporters) about Karroubi not running so as to avoid splitting the reformist vote. But it looks like the votes weren’t counted anyway :0(


173 posted on 06/15/2009 12:09:59 PM PDT by agere_contra
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To: SE Mom

Right now, Rasoul Hospital, seven dead bodies..(via http://ff.im/40C2H) http://ff.im/40Itx


175 posted on 06/15/2009 12:12:06 PM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (The only time I want a Republican reaching across the aisle is to smack a liberal.)
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To: SE Mom; All

Intelligence now calling homes and play recording saying “u participated in today’s march, don’t repeat” http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/


201 posted on 06/15/2009 12:56:22 PM PDT by lewisglad
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