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Russia voices concern over Tehran unrest Russia is concerned by the recent clashes between demonstrators and police in Tehran, and calls for restraint and conciliation, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Security forces clashed with protesters on Saturday and Sunday. A total of 15 people died and over 300 rioters arrested. "We believe the most important thing in such a situation is to show restraint, and seek a compromise on the basis of the law, and also to take political efforts to prevent a further escalation of the confrontation," the statement said. The ministry also expressed regret over allegations...

Angela Merkel Speaks Out In Support of Iranian Freedom Protesters… Obama Relaxes at Beach Monday, December 28, 2009 Jim Hoft German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke out against the repression of protestors in Iran and the violent attacks on democracy activists. DW World reported: In a strong statement to the press on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the actions of Iran’s state security services “unacceptable.” She called on them to “avoid any further escalation of the violence and to pursue political dialogue to peacefully settle internally disputed matters,” and also to respect their commitment to the International Pact on Civil...

Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- An Iranian national security official has called for demonstrators to be arrested following deadly weekend anti-government protests in Tehran. Soon afterward, an opposition Web site reported a wave of arrests. "The undignified and disruptive behavior of the rioters is no longer tolerable for our people, since they have brought undignified behaviors to new heights by offending sanctities and values held dear in Islam and Iran," Naghavi Hosseini, a member of the Parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, told state-run IRNA. "The Nation's Judiciary must swiftly arrest the rioters who committed those crimes." An opposition Web...

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December 28, 2009 Seven opposition leaders arrested as Mousavi nephew's body 'missing' Analysts have heralded the start of what could be a bloody endgame Times Online Iranian security forces today rounded up at least seven prominent activists amid reports that the body of the opposition leader's nephew, killed on Sunday as hundreds of thousands took to the streets, had gone missing Clashes had been expected at a funeral ceremony for Seyed Ali Mousavi, whose uncle Mir Hossein Mousavi was defeated in hotly disputed elections earlier this year. Instead police fired teargas to disperse Mousavi supporters who had gathered outside the...

Amateur footage shot in Tehran shows protesters cornering members of the Basij militia and taunting them. They can also be heard telling the militia to chant and denounce the Supreme Leader before they let them go. (snort) >B-)

The BBC is reporting that clashes are continuing into Monday morning between protesters and the regime security forces in Tehran and perhaps other cities, marking the first decisive failure of the basij paramilitary to control the streets by early morning of the day of a big demonstration. The number of protesters allegedly killed by security men rose to 9, with dozens wounded and 300 persons allegedly arrested. This video is allegedly from Monday morning and shows protesters freeing others taken prisoner in a basij van: The chanting on Sunday turned against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei himself, not just against President Ahmadinejad....

as opposition accuse police of firing on protesters Iran's hardline rulers have been accused of killing innocent people during a religious festival that ignited into a day of anti-government protests. The country's state English-language Press TV said eight people lost their lives in Sunday's clashes between security forces and demonstrators. Police had earlier reported five dead in violence in Tehran, the first fatalities since the street protests that flared immediately after the disputed presidential election in June. 'What has happened to this religious system that it orders the killing of innocent people during the holy day of Ashura?' asked moderate...

Discretion advised When you see footage such as this, with anti-regime Iranian protesters losing any concern about their own safety, it's hard to imagine the current leadership hanging on. Here, via Gateway Pundit, is brutal footage of protesters saving two men who were being hanged. Caution definitely advised. Not for the squeamish or faint of heart. video at site

Freedom fighters in Iran and China pay a high price this Christmas. In Iran and China, Christmas weekend brought two inspiring examples of the high price that men and women are still willing to pay in the eternal struggle for political freedom. In Beijing, the Chinese Communists ignored the protests of more than a dozen countries and sentenced 53-year-old literary critic Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for the crime of peacefully agitating for democracy. His verdict came after a two-hour, closed-door trial Wednesday from which diplomats, his wife and his chosen lawyer were barred. "When he decides to...

Death Toll Rises to 10 as Clashes in Iran Intensify ROBERT F. WORTH and NAZILA FATHI December 27, 2009 BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iranian police opened fire into crowds of protesters on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and setting off a day of chaotic street battles that seemed poised to deepen the country’s civil unrest, as demonstrators flooded the streets in cities across Iran and fiercely fought back against security forces, witnesses and opposition Web sites said. The protests, on the holiday commemorating the death of Hussein, Shiite Islam’s holiest martyr, were the bloodiest and among the largest since the...

Just watched CNN interview the most prominent Mullah shill (except perhaps Trita Parsi), Mahmoud AmirAhmadi, professor at Rutgers University and open supporter of the Islamic regime in Iran dance around the situation and try to warn the USA to hesitate lending support for the anti-regime confrontations IN CASE SOMETHING WORSE REPLACED THE BRUTAL, BLOOD THIRSTY MULLAHS!!!!!! What might that be? What could it be? What does he mean? The MEK? Compared to the Mullah regime they would not necessarily be much better but certainly not worse. And would decimate the Mullahs. This article will have Farsi/Persian videos of events in...

[ analysis ] An Iranian style intifada seems to be in the making. At the beginning of the current period of opposition, which started after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial reelection, the demonstrations were less frequent, with quiet periods in between. Judging by the events of the day of Ashura, they now have the full potential to turn into a full scale civil disobedience campaign not unlike the first intifada that the Palestinians initiated against Israel in 1987 -- meaning continuous periods of civil disobedience and strikes, and confrontations between members of the public against security forces. The main factor contributing to...

Here is video of the nephew of Iranian opposition leader Ali Mousavi, reportedly laying on the ground shot in the back on Azadi Street, or Freedom Street, during clashes in which security forces reportedly fired on demonstrators. There were protests all across Tehran today against the thug Ahmadinejad's regime. A crowd in the Southern city of Sajin also fought police today to try and rescue two prisoners who were being hanged. . . . (VIDEO)

Must see fresh videos of Iraninan Revolution in progress. http://www.youtube.com/user/2009IranRevolution

Iranian security forces violently suppressed opposition supporters in the city of Isfahan yesterday as tensions increased before nationwide demonstrations planned for this weekend. Two days after massive demonstrations in the holy city of Qom, clashes erupted in Isfahan, Iran’s third city, as thousands of mourners gathered for a memorial service for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the opposition’s spiritual leader, who died at the weekend. Opposition websites said riot police and Basij militiamen surrounded the Seyed mosque from early in the morning, and then attacked the mourners with batons, teargas and pepper gas. Many were injured and dozens were arrested,...

December 26, 2009 Iranian Student Protester Neda Soltan Is Times Person of the Year Neda Soltan did not vote in her country's election, but was appalled by the rigging of the result. Since she was shot in a democracy protest, her face has become an opposition symbol Neda Soltan was not political. She did not vote in the Iranian presidential election on June 12. The young student was appalled, however, by the way that the regime shamelessly rigged the result and reinstalled Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ignoring the pleas of her family, she went with her music teacher eight days later to...

Shocking Video– Iranian Protesters Save Prisoners from Hanging in Sirjan & Attack Police Truck — Regime Thugs Shoot Down Protesters Iranian protesters in Sirjan rescued two prisoners being hanged by the brutal regime. They rushed the Iranian officials smashed up their truck and cut the prisoners down. Doug Ross posted photos of the prisoners being rescued. The regime called in assistance and shot and killed a number of protesters. The Western media reported that the prisoners were rescued by relatives but it looks more like the whole town helped with the rescue. The Western media also said that the regime...

WARNING:m Graphic Violence http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/35447_Video-_Iranian_Protesters_Ransack_a_Police_Station#rss

HONOLULU — The United States is strongly condemning the violence in Iran, offering its support to those who seek universal rights. National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer on Sunday denounced Tehran's "unjust suppression of civilians" in a crackdown that has killed at least four people, including the nephew of an opposition leader. Hammer says governing through fear and violence is not just. Hammer quoted President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, saying "it is telling when governments fear the aspirations of their own people more than the power of any other nation."Witnesses and opposition Web sites said Iranian...