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  • Mullahs Fail to prevent Ancient Persian Festival

    03/14/2006 5:26:26 PM PST · by FARS · 75 replies · 1,518+ views
    FARS
    Revelers call for anti-Islamic Regime demonstration on Wednesday March 15th at 7pm Iran Time (GMT +3:30). Farsi language radio station KRSI in Los Angeles took calls live this Tuesday morning from people gathered in the streets in Iran and broadcasted them live to listeners all over Iran. Despite a total ban by the Islamic regime against celebrating an ancient Zoroastrian festival, traditionally on the last Wednesday of the Persian Year, by jumping over lines of smallish tumbleweed bonfires and chanting "your redness to me, my yellowness to you", crowds ignored the edict. And faced up to the attacks from the...
  • Uprising blazes throughout Iran capital

    03/15/2005 5:33:54 PM PST · by freedom44 · 88 replies · 3,707+ views
    Iran Focus ^ | 3/15/05 | Iran Focus
    Tehran, Mar. 15 – Tehran was left in a standstill this evening as the population poured into the streets to mark the national 'fire' festival of Chahar-shanbeh Souri despite intense pressures by the Iranian regime to prevent a possible uprising. Eye-witnesses reported that full-size puppets of high-ranking officials, such as the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the regime's president Mohammad Khatami, were set on fire by youths at numerous locations throughout the Iranian capital. Trucks belonging to Iran's security forces were also set ablaze. "Guns, tanks, the Bassij (Para-military security forces) no longer have an affect", large crowds shouted...