ALERT: It Appears A Huge Demonstration Is Starting In Hours in Iran

Personal Post | 6.14.2003 | DoctorZin

[DoctorZIn]

This just in...

We are hearing of a MASSIVE protest against the Iranian regime is being organized for Sunday evening in Iran. This is only 10 hours away (Iran is approx 12 hours a head of us in the PST Zone).

We are hearing of entire families, neighborhoods planning on attending. Even those frightened by the regime in the past as planning to join the protest tonight.

It is expected to be HUGE!

I will report back ASAP!

[DoctorZIn]

...The US is undoubtedly involved. ...

I wish it were true, but I doubt it.

[Rudder]

My mistake...looking at the wrong month on the calendar.

Good luck to the Iranian people!

[FairOpinion]

Great! Good luck to these brave pro-freedom demonstrators.

Maybe the collapse of the regime is imminent, let's hope.

[DoctorZIn]

...Maybe the collapse of the regime is imminent, let's hope. ...

This must happen for the regime to callapse.
It make take more than this, but is building FAST!

[FairOpinion]

BBC had news on the protests, that they have been going on 5 days in a row, I think Sunday will be the 6th day.

[section9]

The question is simple: will the Army and the Police stand with the people against the Ayatollahs, the Basij, and the Pasdaran?

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[DoughtyOne]

Very good.

[freedom9]

Tehran sees fifth night of protest (ref. BBC)


Students say they will continue the demonstrations
Thousands of pro-reform demonstrators have taken to the streets of the Iranian capital Tehran for the fifth successive night.
But most stayed inside their cars, fearing a repeat of the attacks by right-wing vigilantes on the previous demonstrations.

Reports say there was an overwhelming police presence, resulting in muted protests which passed off largely without incident.

The protests, which are now reported to have spread to other cities, have been against the conservative clerical establishment and the reformist President, Mohamed Khatami, who is accused of betraying hopes for change.

This is just like it was before the revolution

Woman protester recalls unrest before the 1979 fall of the Shah


Protesters remain resolute
Who are the vigilantes?

Riot police formed a ring around Tehran university to protect students from conservative vigilantes who stormed dormitories there the night before.

Police had earlier warned the vigilantes, who are loyal to the country's supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, against taking the law into their own hands.

They have also issued a warrant for the arrest of Sa'id Askari, a prominent pro-government vigilante leader who was seen at the demonstrations.

And state radio reports police have arrested scores of what it describes as "thugs and ruffians" in the previous four nights of civil unrest in Tehran.

Despite this, the latest protests saw vigilantes gather close to the university, while others patrolled traffic jams and manned roadblocks.

US condemnation

The early hours of Saturday morning saw security forces and hundreds of vigilantes used tear gas, clubs, chains and iron bars to disperse protesters.


Some students were attacked with knives

Students said dozens of armed Islamic vigilantes were involved in the attack on the university dormitory.

The US has denounced action against the student-led protests and called on the Iranian Government to protect demonstrators' rights.

A White House statement reiterated support for democratic reform in Iran, demanding that the voice of the Iranian people be heard.

The Iranian authorities have accused the US and Iranian exiles of fomenting the current unrest.

The BBC's Miranda Eeles, in Tehran, says thousands of ordinary Iranians have joined the students in demonstrations.

Despite the rough treatment of protesters, and warnings from Ayatollah Khamenei, our correspondent says the demonstrators' resolve to continue speaking out against the slow process of reform shows no sign of waning.

Student associations have said they will continue to demonstrate until 9 July, to commemorate the violent attack by hardline groups on students four years ago.

[Robert_Paulson2]

Actually rudder... it's just now sunday in new york, or in five minutos dude...

jetlag right?

[Grampa Dave]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/929311/posts

Iran recruits Saddam's scientists to build long-range missile
London Telegraph ^ | 15 June 2003 | Philip Sherwell


Posted on 06/14/2003 11:47 PM PDT by Grampa Dave


Iran recruits Saddam's scientists to build long-range missile

By Philip Sherwell in Baghdad (Filed: 15/06/2003)

Iran is recruiting top Iraqi weapons scientists to join a dangerous brain drain from Baghdad as international concern grows about Teheran's clandestine arms programme.

The pro-Iranian Badr Brigade, an Iraqi Islamic militia, is helping scientists to travel through tribal areas north east of Baghdad and across the border for meetings with senior military and regime figures in Teheran, The Telegraph has learnt.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/929311/posts

[DoctorZIn]

This just in...

We are hearing that once the people heard President Bush supported their efforts everyone was encouraged and it has helped people to decide to join the protests.

More to come...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Ping!

[Brad’s Gramma]

bttt

[DoctorZIn]

... BBC had news on the protests, that they have been going on 5 days in a row, I think Sunday will be the 6th day....

It is the 6th day now.

[DoughtyOne]

Add only nine hours to your time, not around 22.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Is this the Christian population going to Church?

[DoughtyOne]

Ooops, a tag line course correction is mastered amid stream.

[DoctorZIn]

Your technically right... I meant that it was the 6th day of protests in Iran.

[Hank Rearden]

Iran's cleric-run government has declared war on satellite television and allegedly begun jamming American-based channels

How do you do that? Sat dishes are line-of-sight to the bird; is off-axis jamming possible? Screwing with the LNA off axis?

Maybe they just kill the power grid, the dumb, bearded weirdo bastards. I wanna seem them hanging from lampposts by Sunday midnight. Time to take the gloves off against the Islammunists.

[FairOpinion]

...The US is undoubtedly involved. ...

I wish it were true, but I doubt it.
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I am sure we are. If Bush weren't president I wouldn't be so sure, but given his commitment to democratizing the Middle East, and having warned Iran about their nuclear ambitions, which they didn't heed, I think he is pursuing the next step: after judging the Iranian resistance sufficiently strong to almost do it on their own, we probably assured them that if needed we stand ready with our military right next door in Iraq, to help them and not let the Iranian government stop them. There was an official statement from the White House today, supporting the protesters, I think that was probably a signal to go full speed ahead.

This time the US is not going to let down the freedom fighters.