Tuesday, June 30, 2009
article from Independent on June 28'th in Tehran
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/tara-benyamin-in-tehran-surely-they-would-not-fire-in-a-mosque-1722934.html
Monday, June 29, 2009
start of an end!!!
Well, How should i write it?
I just came back from work to home today, and like everyday i jumped to my labtop and i turned it on to see what's been going on in the past few hours!!
Well, i read something that should be a shock for me, but it was not!!! I read "The guardian council has confirmed the results of the Iranian Presidential Election". Well, i have expected it partly unconsciously! Well the guardian council under the affirmative and apparent speeches of the the Khameneyi has made the process as long as possible and as opaque as possible, so that they can crackdown all the demonstrations. At the same time the shuted the Ahmadinejad up for while so that he doesn't provoke the opposition more. Simultaneous arrests of the the influential reformist politicians, authors, and students have been the other part of their tactic.
Well we know that coup oriented governments try to spread fear as the first step of their establishment process. Shooting, killing, tyranny, ... etc are the very well known methods of killing people's morality in order to avoid any opposition.
The second step of establishing will be hidden crimes like assassination of opposition active members, prosecution the arrests, long term sentences and execution of the hardline opposition's active members. At the same time comes more arrests, and trying to disable the civil activists' movements, and pressing the media for showing the coup government legitimate. Falsifying information and trying to bring the economy at least superficially into normal situation are some other actions necessary for the second step.
The coup government of Ahmadinejad-Khameneyi has already finished the first step of the coup, but i can guess that they never thought of such a strong response from the opposition. Specially an opposition which wasn't really an opposition till days ago. They have also not imagined the countrywide civilized monstrous demonstrations of the people without a real leader!!
As a result they lost control and they did many horrible acts of violence i wrote about earlier on!! They have also made huge political mistakes. All of the mistakes they have made, will slow them in their way towards starting and finishing the second stage of their coup,the establishment of Ahmadineajd as the legitimate president of Iran.
We should try to make most of their mistakes. My fingers are sort of blocked right now. So i write you again after thinking about the issues before us, and reading some more reliable sources of news.
I just came back from work to home today, and like everyday i jumped to my labtop and i turned it on to see what's been going on in the past few hours!!
Well, i read something that should be a shock for me, but it was not!!! I read "The guardian council has confirmed the results of the Iranian Presidential Election". Well, i have expected it partly unconsciously! Well the guardian council under the affirmative and apparent speeches of the the Khameneyi has made the process as long as possible and as opaque as possible, so that they can crackdown all the demonstrations. At the same time the shuted the Ahmadinejad up for while so that he doesn't provoke the opposition more. Simultaneous arrests of the the influential reformist politicians, authors, and students have been the other part of their tactic.
Well we know that coup oriented governments try to spread fear as the first step of their establishment process. Shooting, killing, tyranny, ... etc are the very well known methods of killing people's morality in order to avoid any opposition.
The second step of establishing will be hidden crimes like assassination of opposition active members, prosecution the arrests, long term sentences and execution of the hardline opposition's active members. At the same time comes more arrests, and trying to disable the civil activists' movements, and pressing the media for showing the coup government legitimate. Falsifying information and trying to bring the economy at least superficially into normal situation are some other actions necessary for the second step.
The coup government of Ahmadinejad-Khameneyi has already finished the first step of the coup, but i can guess that they never thought of such a strong response from the opposition. Specially an opposition which wasn't really an opposition till days ago. They have also not imagined the countrywide civilized monstrous demonstrations of the people without a real leader!!
As a result they lost control and they did many horrible acts of violence i wrote about earlier on!! They have also made huge political mistakes. All of the mistakes they have made, will slow them in their way towards starting and finishing the second stage of their coup,the establishment of Ahmadineajd as the legitimate president of Iran.
We should try to make most of their mistakes. My fingers are sort of blocked right now. So i write you again after thinking about the issues before us, and reading some more reliable sources of news.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
vandalism
I have wrote you before that the Basij paramilitary forces attack the houses and properties of the people and vandalize everything they find!! Here is a video showing one of the neighborhoods in which it has happened! The video is a Persian footage but it speaks for itself. The man whose apartment is attacked says that the violators have been officially wearing anti riot uniforms (police).
The vandals attack the buildings on the roof of which the people chant in the evenings more often. Interestingly state media tells that a group of people provoked by reformist politicians are vandalizing the others' properties!!! This is really tyranny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEKR-NdVTMs&feature=related
The vandals attack the buildings on the roof of which the people chant in the evenings more often. Interestingly state media tells that a group of people provoked by reformist politicians are vandalizing the others' properties!!! This is really tyranny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEKR-NdVTMs&feature=related
People demonstrate again in front of Ghoba Mosque in Tehran
People have demonstrated in front of Ghoba mosque in Tehran. The number of demonstrators should be less than last week due to geographical position of the mosque in northern Tehran. There is no major wide and long streets there at that region. The last weeks' crackdowns has probably played a role in lower attendance . Till now no major report of brutal crackdowns has been out. It is still so early to say what has happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v-OOpUbkm8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peykeiran.com%2FContent.aspx%3FID%3D3025&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v-OOpUbkm8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peykeiran.com%2FContent.aspx%3FID%3D3025&feature=player_embedded
A report from Sueddeutsche Zietung in German language
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/962/473478/text/
News
It is heard that out of the 70 university professors who have been arrested after meeting with Mir Hossein Mousavi midth of the last week,all except 4 of them are released.
Mir Hossein Mousavi has declared that he doesn't trust the problem solving jury founded by Guardian Council since they are all from the same political party, and they have shown their closeness to one of the candidates (Ahmadinejad) before.
The Iranian political scene seems to be in a deadlock situation. They are still reports of behind the scene meetings and talks. The conservatives seems to be wasting the time to calm down the society a bit! But maybe their silence is also due to a freeze in decision making ability.
One of the reformist politicians who have been arrested at the begining of the unrests have been brought to state TV confessing that he has been in contact with foreign intelligence agencies to falsify the information about popularity of Mousavi and inginitng the unrests. We have seen such acts from the state media before in other cases. This is against the law to rbing someone to tv for confessing before he/she is convicted at the court. This is also very wellknown that such confessions are made through brutal methods of investigation including physical and mental torture, which makes the confessions unworthy in court of justice. These are very old fashioned expired methods used by Iranian inteligence system.
8 Iranian local employees of the British embassy have been arrested with charges of conspiracy for foreigners and igniting forbidden!!! demonstrations.
Mir Hossein Mousavi has declared that he doesn't trust the problem solving jury founded by Guardian Council since they are all from the same political party, and they have shown their closeness to one of the candidates (Ahmadinejad) before.
The Iranian political scene seems to be in a deadlock situation. They are still reports of behind the scene meetings and talks. The conservatives seems to be wasting the time to calm down the society a bit! But maybe their silence is also due to a freeze in decision making ability.
One of the reformist politicians who have been arrested at the begining of the unrests have been brought to state TV confessing that he has been in contact with foreign intelligence agencies to falsify the information about popularity of Mousavi and inginitng the unrests. We have seen such acts from the state media before in other cases. This is against the law to rbing someone to tv for confessing before he/she is convicted at the court. This is also very wellknown that such confessions are made through brutal methods of investigation including physical and mental torture, which makes the confessions unworthy in court of justice. These are very old fashioned expired methods used by Iranian inteligence system.
8 Iranian local employees of the British embassy have been arrested with charges of conspiracy for foreigners and igniting forbidden!!! demonstrations.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Tehran Today
In many parts of Tehran and probably Iran (i can't confirm) people have stayed at home in order to avoid the crack down of police and para military forces. But they sent green balloons into air. Chanting "Allah o Akbar" over the roof top between 9pm to 11pm is also done like every evening.
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=2978
The parents of the last two weeks' victims wanted to gather in Laleh Park of Tehran. It seems that as they have started gathering their demonstration has been cracked down by special anti riot forces brutally beating the people with batons, and arresting some of the demonstrators.
The atmosphere of the city is reported to be tense, and the city is controlled by the police force and military. The eye witnesses say it looks like martial law!!
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=2978
The parents of the last two weeks' victims wanted to gather in Laleh Park of Tehran. It seems that as they have started gathering their demonstration has been cracked down by special anti riot forces brutally beating the people with batons, and arresting some of the demonstrators.
The atmosphere of the city is reported to be tense, and the city is controlled by the police force and military. The eye witnesses say it looks like martial law!!
Farid Zakaria
Farid Zakaria about the revolutionary guards:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/06/26/gps.revolutionary.guard.cnn
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/06/26/gps.revolutionary.guard.cnn
Roxana Saberi Iranian American Journalist Speaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdSwU4oq0Y&feature=related
Iranians Silent Protest In Vancouver
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su1c-a0fSbA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peykeiran.com%2FContent.aspx%3FID%3D2944&feature=player_embedded
or
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=2944
or
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=2944
my status
Right now i am not able to write any interpretation for what is going on at the moment in Iran. The reason is that everything is very complicated. I need some more reliable information for a better understanding. Many discussions are going on behind the curtains amongst the politicians. I believe the out come of those discussions will play a very important role in political and social future of Iran.
The streets seem to be much more quiet and inactive after the brutal crackdown of the regime. The leadership of the country seems to have lost its legitimacy amongst a big part of the society, so is the situation for Police forces and specially revolutionary guards and their subsidiary paramilitary Basij forces. The term of "Republic" doesn't make much sense anymore. Cities are quiet but it seems for me more like a burning fire hidden under the ashes as we say in Persian.
The streets seem to be much more quiet and inactive after the brutal crackdown of the regime. The leadership of the country seems to have lost its legitimacy amongst a big part of the society, so is the situation for Police forces and specially revolutionary guards and their subsidiary paramilitary Basij forces. The term of "Republic" doesn't make much sense anymore. Cities are quiet but it seems for me more like a burning fire hidden under the ashes as we say in Persian.
A link to a very informative article from Slavoj Žižek
This is very nice article interpreting the situation in Iran from Slavoj Žižek. Worth reading at any cost.
http://itself.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/will-the-cat-above-the-precipice-fall-down/
http://itself.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/will-the-cat-above-the-precipice-fall-down/
A letter from Iranian film director Bahman Farmanara in English and Persian
http://news.gooya.com/politics/archives/2009/06/089989.php
Demonstration and Hunger Strike of Iranian Students in Cologn
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2009/06/089984.php
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
University Professors!
In the first post election days the university dormitories have been attacked by the Basij paramilitary forces, under support of official police forces. The university dorms of many Iranian cities had been the scene of anti government protests. During the raids there were many documents of dorm vandalism by the Basij paramilitary, and reports of at least five students dead due to gun shots and lethal baton beats, stabbing,...etc just at University of Tehran. There were similar reports from University of Shiraz and University of Isfehan. Many other cities are also named to be attacked and students injured or killed. The government denies all of them. But who does really believe them anymore?!
There was a report yesterday evening that 70 university professors who met with Mr. Mousavi and discussed the issues with him are now under custody in an unknown location. There are enough reasons to worry about their health and lives.
There was a report yesterday evening that 70 university professors who met with Mr. Mousavi and discussed the issues with him are now under custody in an unknown location. There are enough reasons to worry about their health and lives.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
National football team players
During the protests against presidential election results in Tehran, something amazing happened. Some if the football players of Iranian National football team have carried Green Ribbons on their wrists during the first half the Iran-South Korea football match.
Since green is the official campaigning color of opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and his fans. This has encouraged the followers of Mousavi at that moment, since the state media has boycotted the Mousavi's fans rallies in Iran and they were not broadcasting them in anyway, or they broadcasting the demonstrations calling the demonstrators as hooligans being conducted from abroad!!
Today i read that two of those (totally5 or 6) players have resigned from playing in national football team including the captain Mehdi Mahdavikia who plays now in Eintracht Frankfurt, and Ali Karimi Ex Bayern Munich player. Also Javad Nekunam the reserve captain currently under contract with Spanish team Osasona has not comeback to Iran leaving the south Korea directly to Spain. There are near to fact rumors that the aforesaid player who were carrying the ribbons are under extreme pressure to resign from the National Football team.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/iran-football-protest-ban
Since green is the official campaigning color of opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and his fans. This has encouraged the followers of Mousavi at that moment, since the state media has boycotted the Mousavi's fans rallies in Iran and they were not broadcasting them in anyway, or they broadcasting the demonstrations calling the demonstrators as hooligans being conducted from abroad!!
Today i read that two of those (totally5 or 6) players have resigned from playing in national football team including the captain Mehdi Mahdavikia who plays now in Eintracht Frankfurt, and Ali Karimi Ex Bayern Munich player. Also Javad Nekunam the reserve captain currently under contract with Spanish team Osasona has not comeback to Iran leaving the south Korea directly to Spain. There are near to fact rumors that the aforesaid player who were carrying the ribbons are under extreme pressure to resign from the National Football team.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/23/iran-football-protest-ban
I am back again
After a short professional trip i am back home.
There is very interesting statistical study of Iranian Presidential election electoral demography. I recommend reading it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/22/iran-election-voters-numbers
There is very interesting statistical study of Iranian Presidential election electoral demography. I recommend reading it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/22/iran-election-voters-numbers
Sunday, June 21, 2009
News
The number of murdered people on the streets of Tehran is much higher than stated before. 48 deaths due to direct gun shots is approved by the hospital workers. There are reports claiming that the paramilitary forces together with the secret service agent put the doctors under pressure not to cure the injured. The bodies of dead are also reportedly taken away without registration to unknown destinations without informing their relatives.
24 column writers of newspapers and bloggers are arrested. Most of the well known reformer politicians are arrested and taken into unknown places.
Today there were protests inside Iran specially Tehran, shots have been heard. People have been injured and died. No statistics available till now. There are confirmed reports that paramilitary forces are mobilized from other cities to Tehran.
24 column writers of newspapers and bloggers are arrested. Most of the well known reformer politicians are arrested and taken into unknown places.
Today there were protests inside Iran specially Tehran, shots have been heard. People have been injured and died. No statistics available till now. There are confirmed reports that paramilitary forces are mobilized from other cities to Tehran.
News
The hospitasl has confirmed 19 deaths due to yesterdays' demonstrations. The real number should be much higher.
News
It is heard that after yesterdays' bloody crackdown, the para militia forces of Basij has continued to vandalize of properties of citizens in order to stop their continues uprising. They go into street and destroy people's houses. Break into houses and hit them and destroy their properties. Most of all it's seen that they destroy the cars parked outside in the streets. They have the full support of the official police force if not their contribution.
This video show vandalism of citizen's properties in the dark of the night:
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=2602
This video show vandalism of citizen's properties in the dark of the night:
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=2602
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Voting fraud in a basement in Iran
The video shows some people in an unknown place filling out multiple votes!!!!! That how Ahmadinejad won 24 Million votes!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX7GkkSRvvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX7GkkSRvvs
Some pictures of today protests in Tehran
Rage of the people as a result of unacceptable application of brutal force against them. The most peaceful demonstration of the past 30 years has changed to a brutal back clash as a result of inhuman act of Iranian administration. The people need your support in all the possible ways.
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2009/06/089610.php
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2009/06/089609.php
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2009/06/089608.php
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2009/06/089610.php
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2009/06/089609.php
http://news.gooya.com/didaniha/archives/2009/06/089608.php
The turning point
Today they made us to change our direction. Till now we have been just asking for our votes to be counted and our voice to be heard. From today we ask for all above, beside bringing the murderers into justice. They have planned it. The June,12th, 2009 was a turning point for the Islamic Republic. 20th of June is a turning point towards a free Iran. They have made us to remvoe them from power, no matter how long does it take. The people have already paid enough for it.
Ayatollah could have chosen between being Mandela or Pinochet. He has chosen the second one!! The blood of the people streaming on the street surface will wash them away, it has a cost!! I write emotionally, but it seems that they don't follow any logic!
Ayatollah could have chosen between being Mandela or Pinochet. He has chosen the second one!! The blood of the people streaming on the street surface will wash them away, it has a cost!! I write emotionally, but it seems that they don't follow any logic!
Where is humanity?
I have just seen some videos of today's protest. The heavily armed police forces stopped the people from demonstrating by using water canons and tear gas, and beating them unbelievably brutally. They beat to kill, not even to stop them! Just to kill!! I have just watched a video showing a young woman being shot in chest by Basij paramilitary, I am shocked, wordless. Who can do it? For what? She died just for watching demonstrations or maybe taking part in it! Is it the way that a government treat its people, specially a government that calls itself Islamic? Is that Islam? Is that a constitutional republic?Barbarians do what they can do to keep the power and control a whole country with bloody hands. Where is humanity? What are they doing? I heard many people have been died and much more injured today!! History shows that Iranians will not forgive the people who handle them with guns and brutality. We will put you in your place. I am emotional, but they are killing us, they are shooting us. This is our country. Where is the so called free world??! We need support.
Video supporting the coup hypothesis
Mohsen Makhmalbaf the well known Iranian film director, and Marjane Satrapi, the iranian novelist and the director of the ''Persepolis" animation movie speak in the European Parliment telling the coup story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7fiBxU8wEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7fiBxU8wEU
Dictator's Speech
Yesterday in Tehran's Friday prayer the Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khameneyi has addressed the crowd. He has given a long speech. I am not into word by word translation of his speech. There were some mild indirect criticism of Ahmadinejad because of his remarks and allegation on other key role players of Islamic Republic, including Ahmadinejad's earlier remarks on financial corruption of Rafsanjani (ex-president, current head of Expediency Discenment Council, and the speaker of the Assembly of Experts)!! But Khameneyi has stated that Ahmadinejad's ideas is closer to his as the Rafsanjanis'. Important is that the assembly's expert is the only body able to remove the supreme leader or replace him when he dies. This Assembly is also responsible for supersvising the activities of the organizations' under Supreme Leader.
After few mild criticism of Ahmadinejad, he has supported him as the elect-president saying fraud can not happen in Islamic Republic's political and electoral system!!!!!!! And even if there is some mistakes and cheatings those can not be in scale of 11 milion votes (vote gap between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi). What a logic!!! there is no fraud since the gap is big!!! So why not ask we mean there is a huge fraud, actually i say a huge coup.
As far as Iran's (and Islamic law if someone beleives in) constitution says the main precondition for someone for being religous supreme leader is being fair, just, etc....! Till now he has already lost his legitimacy for being the Supreme Leader!! There are rumors that the members of assebly of experts are already under many constriction not to let them discuss his legitimacy.
The most dangerous part of his speech was when he has clearly said the president should be elected by the ballots not on the streets!! And he asked the oppostion candidates not ask their followers to come and if they ask if bloodshed happens the candidates are responsible for it!! IT IS CLEARLY A CALL FOR THE PARAMILTARY BASIJ FORCES (PARAMILTARY IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES) AND THE REVOLOTUIONARY GUARDS TO SLAUGHTER THE PEOPLE IF THEY COME TO STREETS ASK FOR THEIR VOTES TO BE HEARD AND COUNTED. The constitution of Iran in part 27 very clearly states demostrations are free till the demonstrants are not armed and demonstration is not against the core of Islam!! These demonstration of the last week and also today all fulfill even this hard preconditions.
So he has also banned the people and candidates from their obvious rights!! There is enough reason for many of us not to even pay attention to any of his words from now on. Also our right to react is completely reserved.
Principally he has officially confirmed the allegation against him fo trying to remove the Republic word out the Islamic Republic of Iran. He and his supportes who have the Ahmadinejad as a puppet, have made it clear that they have made this coup to stop the wave of the people who voted just for a bit juster goverment, inorder to strength their falling system. With this action he has closed any possible door of reconciliation with the Iranian nation. The very responsibility of what's going to happen and what has happened till now (including many students and civilians murdered in the past week) is on the shoulders of the administration of Islamic Republic of Iran, specially Mr. Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Khameneyi. We will count the number of the people who even get a small scratch on their skin, and we will make you pay for it.
After few mild criticism of Ahmadinejad, he has supported him as the elect-president saying fraud can not happen in Islamic Republic's political and electoral system!!!!!!! And even if there is some mistakes and cheatings those can not be in scale of 11 milion votes (vote gap between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi). What a logic!!! there is no fraud since the gap is big!!! So why not ask we mean there is a huge fraud, actually i say a huge coup.
As far as Iran's (and Islamic law if someone beleives in) constitution says the main precondition for someone for being religous supreme leader is being fair, just, etc....! Till now he has already lost his legitimacy for being the Supreme Leader!! There are rumors that the members of assebly of experts are already under many constriction not to let them discuss his legitimacy.
The most dangerous part of his speech was when he has clearly said the president should be elected by the ballots not on the streets!! And he asked the oppostion candidates not ask their followers to come and if they ask if bloodshed happens the candidates are responsible for it!! IT IS CLEARLY A CALL FOR THE PARAMILTARY BASIJ FORCES (PARAMILTARY IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES) AND THE REVOLOTUIONARY GUARDS TO SLAUGHTER THE PEOPLE IF THEY COME TO STREETS ASK FOR THEIR VOTES TO BE HEARD AND COUNTED. The constitution of Iran in part 27 very clearly states demostrations are free till the demonstrants are not armed and demonstration is not against the core of Islam!! These demonstration of the last week and also today all fulfill even this hard preconditions.
So he has also banned the people and candidates from their obvious rights!! There is enough reason for many of us not to even pay attention to any of his words from now on. Also our right to react is completely reserved.
Principally he has officially confirmed the allegation against him fo trying to remove the Republic word out the Islamic Republic of Iran. He and his supportes who have the Ahmadinejad as a puppet, have made it clear that they have made this coup to stop the wave of the people who voted just for a bit juster goverment, inorder to strength their falling system. With this action he has closed any possible door of reconciliation with the Iranian nation. The very responsibility of what's going to happen and what has happened till now (including many students and civilians murdered in the past week) is on the shoulders of the administration of Islamic Republic of Iran, specially Mr. Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Khameneyi. We will count the number of the people who even get a small scratch on their skin, and we will make you pay for it.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Univeristy Professors resign
120 Professors and faculty members of the University of Tehran have resigned in objection to the pressure groups invasion of the dormitories of the University of Tehran.
There are gossips about the resignation of 150 Professors and faculty members of Sharif University of Technology in objection to brutal suppression of the students.
There are gossips about the resignation of 150 Professors and faculty members of Sharif University of Technology in objection to brutal suppression of the students.
shooting killed 4 demonstrators
At the end of the peaceful demonstration of the Mousavi fans in Tehran, some pro-government fan militia (Basij) has opened fire on the leaving demonstrators. 5 people has been reported shot, 4 dead. Reports from an eye witness.
live!!!
Mir Hossein Mousavi is talking live to the people in the demonstration in Tehran city center. Turn out is huge. At least hope is back. One should still wait for further development. Situation is still unstable.
Next post comes soon
BF
Next post comes soon
BF
Developing News
The monstrous and very peaceful demonstration of Mousavi fans in Tehran in presence of reformist Ex-president Khatami has taken over the Tehran's city center. Anti Riot police frozen!!!
There are more demonstrations in other cities going simultaneously. There are reports that in other cities it's not as peaceful as Tehran, due to brutality of anti riot police forces and paramilitary.
The nationwide demonstration is organized mostly by the youth through the internet and web, although bandwidth of internet connection is reduced, and most of anti Ahmadinejad websites are filtered.
I will update as soon as i get new reliable news.
BF
There are more demonstrations in other cities going simultaneously. There are reports that in other cities it's not as peaceful as Tehran, due to brutality of anti riot police forces and paramilitary.
The nationwide demonstration is organized mostly by the youth through the internet and web, although bandwidth of internet connection is reduced, and most of anti Ahmadinejad websites are filtered.
I will update as soon as i get new reliable news.
BF
news
According to peykeiran Website, 5 students of University of Tehran are killed today morning in the barbaric attack on the University Dormitories. I can not personally certify the report. In the report name of the five students who are murdered and afterward buried secretly without informing their families is announced. There are 2 female and 3 male victims named in the report. Name of the vicitms is listed below:
1. Fatemeh Barati. 2. Kasra Sharafi. 3. Mina Ehterami. 4. Kambiz Shoai. 5. Mohsen Imani.
We really hope that these are all gossip or even better lies.
But if this had really happened the whole world specially the academic community must condemn the tyranny and ask for justice against the suppressors.
Let's hope for the best!!!
BF
1. Fatemeh Barati. 2. Kasra Sharafi. 3. Mina Ehterami. 4. Kambiz Shoai. 5. Mohsen Imani.
We really hope that these are all gossip or even better lies.
But if this had really happened the whole world specially the academic community must condemn the tyranny and ask for justice against the suppressors.
Let's hope for the best!!!
BF
Monday 15.06.09, University Dormitories Attacked
Last night and today early morning the dormitories of University of Tehran have been attacked by paramilitary groups (lebas shakhsiha in persian) and probably with assistance of anti rebel police. They have attacked the students with knife, broken coke glass, and Baton. The inofficial reports claim that the students have been shot by gun. There are uncertified reports that five students have been killed, up to a couple of dozens badly injured and many many (couple of hundreds) arrested. There are reports that unversity dormitories are attacked in cities like Shiraz, Isfehan, Tabriz, ...etc.
link to pictures:
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=2207
BF
link to pictures:
http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=2207
BF
Coup Story Telling, how did it happen?
I have written in the last post that there was not only an election fraud and results falsification but also a real classic political coup supported by military forces. The military force behind this illegal political rebel is probably some parts of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who have helped Ahmadinejad to win the first term of his presidency. This group have benefited from having one of their partners as the president a lot. The benefits were in form of winning many construction and development projects through government without giving the private sector any chance even to compete. Receiving extraordinary permissions for controlling important infrastructure without any supervision of other organizations and people, and finally helping the president in order to limit the clerical backbones of the Islamic Republic, and reducing their role in the political and financial control of the country. All this together with the huge oil income of the past years has made the president office as a must have accessory for right wings in order to complete their dominance. The only barrier till now were the remaining effects of the reformist politics of ex-president Mohammad Khatami and the remaining power in hand of the first generation of revolutionary administration, especially elder clerics. The first one can be and has been nullified by ending the possibility of political activity through filters that are foreseen in the constitution and changing the other civil laws of governance through the parliament. The second one has at least caused many clashes at the background during the past 4 years of the Ahmadinejad in office. The reason that Mir Hossein Mousavi declared his candidacy was to stop the new militarily backed group of the new generation of revolutionary forces from taking absolute power in hand by long term control of the last stand, which is the president office. Why and how did they start the election game against one other will be written in one of my next post.
Now after a little bit of the story background, i wish to refer you to what Mohsen Makhmalbaf has said about the course of events just after the election day, on the night of counting and declaration of results. Mohsen Makhmalbaf is a very famous Iranian film director living abroad. He has been appointed as Mr. Mousavi's appointed as press director abroad, after Mr. Mousavi's campaigns headquarters have been attacked by paramilitary forces after the voting day. The Interview with Makhmalbaf is translated from Persian to English. And his radio interview with radio in Persian language is also available. I refer you to the links on the web:
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/8732/35/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPR2yeMrTmE
I have many reasons to believe what Makhmalbaf. He is a reliable independent artist.
Best,
BF
P.S. I apologize for possible spelling and grammatical mistakes. I am in hurry and short in time right now.
Now after a little bit of the story background, i wish to refer you to what Mohsen Makhmalbaf has said about the course of events just after the election day, on the night of counting and declaration of results. Mohsen Makhmalbaf is a very famous Iranian film director living abroad. He has been appointed as Mr. Mousavi's appointed as press director abroad, after Mr. Mousavi's campaigns headquarters have been attacked by paramilitary forces after the voting day. The Interview with Makhmalbaf is translated from Persian to English. And his radio interview with radio in Persian language is also available. I refer you to the links on the web:
http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/8732/35/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPR2yeMrTmE
I have many reasons to believe what Makhmalbaf. He is a reliable independent artist.
Best,
BF
P.S. I apologize for possible spelling and grammatical mistakes. I am in hurry and short in time right now.
The Coup
Hi Everyone. Rigth now, it's very diffcult for me to talk or to write properly. The reason is that i can not concentrate on anything except what has been going on in Iran in the past few days since the high turn out of the people for the 10'th presidential election. It is the 4'th day that i am actually just reading the news from many many different news sources and news agencies and also reliable personal sources. I feel responsible for passing the information i obtain from different variety of sources on to the other people. My friends in Iran are getting brutally beaten or shooted in their rooms in the dormitories of Tehran University. Some people specially in most of the western media are talking about the possibility of voting fraud in presidential election. The words like "cheating" or "fraud"are mocking of all the facts on the ground. WHAT THAT HAPPENED THERE ON THE NIGHT WHEN THE POLL RESULTS WERE TO BE COUNTED AND DECLAIRED IS A "COUP". A coup of the people who hold the power against the vote of majority! Supporters of Ahmadinejad in military and paramilitary groups didn't accept his loss in the election and attacked the headquarters of the popular rival candidate "Mir Hossein Mousavi" and then got the Ahmjadinejad out of the voting boxes by hardly reading the vote of the people. These are very serious claims from my side. So i should bring some strong reasons and evidence to support my idea. The few next posts will explain and offer facts that support this idea.
best,
BF
best,
BF
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