Monday, June 22, 2009

--Iran protests: an eyewitness account
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5 comments:

  1. MaracatuJune 22, 2009 at 12:41 PM

    There is an interesting post at Moon (The comments thread is long, but has some good stuff - the opinions are varied).

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  2. MaracatuJune 22, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    A political party affiliated with Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, the former president and key member of the Iranian regime, on Sunday called on Mir-Hossein Moussavi, the opposition leader, to form a “political bloc” that would pursue a long-term campaign to undermine the “illegitimate” government. Hossein Marashi, spokesman for the Kargozaran, stayed clear of directly challenging the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but told the Financial Times in a telephone interview that Mr Moussavi was now the leader of an opposition that was not without options.

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  3. vJune 22, 2009 at 3:33 PM

    "My own personal hope for the country is that Iran one day be allowed to govern itself without outside interference. I thought that day was here, but I guess not...All I want is for the people of Iran to be able to choose whether or not they want a revolution, not to have one foisted upon them. If the Iranian people truly want a revolution, then by all means, they should go out and protest and try to overthrow the government.

    Then again, if the Iranian people truly wanted a revolution, the protesters would not need to be begging for help from people in foreign countries."

    Interesting comment on Moon.

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  4. vJune 22, 2009 at 3:36 PM

    <h3 class="post-title entry-title">"Washington Post on one suicide bombing</h3>
    <div class="post-body entry-content">""In an act fraught with symbolic significance, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the mausoleum of the father of Iran's Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, while unrest continued across Tehran in defiance of a ban on demonstrations."" I wonder if Palestinian bombings were ever described as "fraught with symbolic significance." (thanks Nardine)</div>

    <span> Posted by <span>As'ad</span> </span> <span> at <abbr class="published" title="2009-06-22T04:57:00-07:00">4:57 AM"</abbr></span>

    EXACTLY, POST FROM AS'AD

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  5. vJune 22, 2009 at 3:41 PM

    "In an act fraught with symbolic significance, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the mausoleum of the father of Iran's Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, while unrest continued across Tehran in defiance of a ban on demonstrations."" I wonder if Palestinian bombings were ever described as "fraught with symbolic significance." (thanks Nardine)

    exactly, post by As'ad on Angry Aran News Service

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