Sounds good to me. There are only so many options on the time zones at Twitter. I wouldn’t know if there were several time zones in Iran or not, but it should be easy enough to discover if there were more than one, by looking at a map.
Just got this heads up:
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his family and about another dozen people of his close entourage have been moved to a location around the Maidan Azadi (Freedom Square, Tehran), into which numerous tanks have been placed as well as crack riot squads.
The move is to provide him adequate protection in the face of the events in Iran and be close to the new airport from which he can flee the country. Reportedly various means of transportation are ready to move at instant notice.
If nothing else this shows his uncertainty of being able to contain the rebellion and stop it from turning into a full fledged revolution.
In case you missed it, the real statistics on a Ministry of Interior letterhead, leaked by a disgruntled employee will hopefully be posted on AntiMullah when it goes (we hope) back on stream. In the meantime the leaker, named Asgari was killed in a bizarre car accident two days after leaking the true statistic.
The confirmed number of dead in the past 3 days until the midnight of Tuesday 16th June in Iran.
Tehran 23, Shiraz 11, Isfehan 7, Qum 4, Arak 2,
Mash’had 9, Saary 5, Baabol 3, Bushehr 1,
Ahvaz 6, Khorramshahr 4, Tabriz 11, Rezaiyeeh 13,
Maraagheh 2, Kermanshaah 7, Sanandaj 26, Saghez 6,
Baaneh 3, Mahaabaad 12, Karaj 7, Saghez 5, Hamadan 6,
Rasht 4, Bandar Pahlavi 7, Shush & Haft Tappeh 12,
Loristan Province 25, Sistan & Baluchistan province 29
people. The above numbers were released by the Iranian
Students solidarity Movement in Iran, one of the largest
in Iran with over 6000 members.
Since then an estimated hundred more have been killed around the country leading to a count of some 400 killed in the last few days.
HOT NEWS- A senior Revolutionary Guard (Passdar) spokesman has let it be known that his men would not kill or harm fellow Iranians and apologized for any physical damage done so far.
Reports already say they are already turning a blind eye to many head-on instances of conflict with protestors.
He added that his Farsi (Persian) speaking paramilitary troops would not harm fellow countrymen. (Implying that any attacks on protestors would come from men with other non-Iranian languages - such as the Arab Palestinians, Lebanese Hezbollah and some sectors of the Passdars who are beyond control.
Currently, riot squads are brought in from cities other than the one they try to control so that they do not worry about shooting or maiming their own relatives or friends in their hometowns.
Persian tea party type anti-mullah regime demonstrations were held all over the USA and in parts of Europe, including the White House.
Astonishingly it appears the Mojaheddin-e Khalgh (MEK), who detest the Mullahs and vice-versa, have particpated in these organized demonstrations wearing a gold or yellow colored shirt/uniform and appear to have adopted the gold/yellow color as their opposition color as green was used by Mousavi.
With tanks now brought on the scene, Sunday and Monday may result in a Hungarian type of suppression by the Supreme Leader, who will flee the country if the Mousavi/anti-mullah-regime protestors fail to be intimidated and return to their homes.
unlike the late Shah, the Supreme Leader has no qualms to shoot and kill thousands. He receives TEN PERCENT of the oil revenues so has something to protect with the killings more than his title.
Remember that our Sunday morning is Sunday night with a 12-hour (or is it 11 with daylight saving) so as we sleep or stay awake to monitor events, they are taking place. We only hear about them with delay when people return home and twitter or Email us.
Incidentally, Emails still appear to flow both ways to/from Iran.
Also there is a strong leftist trend inside the various movements, specially outside the country. One person defined this by saying that he wants equality so that the son of a high level Mullah does not get preference. Nor should a hairdresser’s assistant grab a flag and order people around as if he were “somebody”.
This confusion exists in many of the young people. Some 70% percent of Iranians are under the age of 30 and are post-revolution children who have little knowledge of any regime other than the Mullah one.
BTW there is only one time zone in Iran.
cheers