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According to sources in IRAN:

Late last night we heard from Tehranb...

We are hearing of a MASSIVE protest against the Iranian regime is being organized for Sunday evening in Iran, June 13, 2003.

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!

We are hearing from people in Tehran who are telling us the story directly.

I have never heard such excitement before.

We are hearing that the people are making crosses to carry with them in the protests...

They want the crosses to symbolize they are being slaughtered as Christ was slaughtered.

Whole families are going to join the protest: babies, mothers, children.... the entire families.

More to come....

I am hearing of people going to church right now... They are the ones who plan on carrying crosses.

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

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.

The Iranians are in charge of their own destiny. Good luck to them. May they find freedom, prosperity and peace at the end of this path.

The US would love to be an open friend again. I hope it can be.

Something tells me that the ruling religious nuts are about to get a severe payback and tossed out on their bums; and unceremoniously at that.

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.

Just as we thought it would...

will keep you up to date via Persian satellite TV news, pics and other coverage.

This just in...

LA based Iranian TV broadcasts are reporting that the people of Tehran are calling for a takeover of the TV stations.

... The protests are just beginning for the night. I will keep you informed as I learn more.

Email the media!

Anyone with a great email list of media contacts please post it here!

Let's pray that the U.S. has sent enough "help" into the throngs that this protest will result in victory and not slaughter.

"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."

Thanks for all of the information! It seems to be getting hotter now, and building fast! Prayers for their safety...

Ernest, have you seen this?

"Earlier today, sporadic clashes happened when groups of plainclothes men attacked forming gathering of young Iranians."

Your own people are going to have to deal with this. You need to form triplets of
people with the discipline to observe these attacks without interfering. Follow the group
of thugs, and pick off "tail end charlie". In these groups there is always some stupid
ba$tard that misses the signal to move on and gets himself seperated. It will be the most
heartwrenching thing to endure seeing someone beaten, stabbed, and maybe slain.
But, disciplined action will reduce casualties in the long run.

God Bless the Iranian students. May God grant their wish. It will be a Blessed day in the world when another group of people truly have freedom again. Prayers being sent for all their safety. Praise today goes out to them for their bravery and courage.

I suggest they go in the streets each bearing a homemade torch and stand their ground. Let the thugs feel the heat and see the light. Handy defense for close combat and a great visual deterent. As long as you can keep people from tossing them and setting fires which could litteraly backfire. Just fill a street with folks, they don't have to do other than smile and shake their neighbors hand. Speak softly, carry a big flaming stick...

My best hopes for them. A free democratic Iran helps everybody. Except the poor mullahs and their rabid lapdogs facing retirement!

FReedom bump . Thank you for the constant updates .

God bless, amnd keep us updated. Democracy is a wonderful thing to see flower!

Batchelor and Alexander have been talking about the protests on their radio show. They commented that the protests are spreading to other cities now.

Doctor, if you can, get in contract with the Bathalor and Alexander Show on WABC radio NYC. It is the most widely listened to station in the world, and can be listened to over the net.

They have a link at wabcradio.com

I am sure they would be very interested in talking to you.

Another great post...

Bush Praises Iranian Pro-Democracy Protestors
Reuters News Wire ^ | Sun June 15, 2003 02:01 PM ET | Patricia Wilson

Posted on 06/15/2003 11:26 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President Bush on Sunday praised pro-democracy demonstrators in Iran, calling their protests a positive step toward freedom.

"This is the beginning of people expressing themselves toward a free Iran which I think is positive," Bush said.

Thousands of Iranians in Tehran protested against their conservative Islamic rulers for a fifth night on Saturday and smaller protests were reported in two other cities in the biggest anti-establishment demonstrations for months.

"I think that freedom is a powerful incentive," Bush told reporters after he attended church services during a weekend visit to Kennebunkport. "I believe that some day freedom will prevail everywhere because freedom is a powerful drive."

Iran's Foreign Ministry accused the United States of "flagrant interference in Iran's internal affairs" and said the significance of the protests was being deliberately overstated by U.S. officials.

The United States has had poor relations with Tehran since cutting diplomatic ties after radical students seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 following the Islamic revolution which toppled the U.S.-backed shah.

A White House statement on Saturday denounced Islamic hard-liners who attacked pro-democracy demonstrators in Iran and called on the government to release those jailed.

CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT URGED

Bush included Iran in an "axis of evil" last year, along with Iraq and North Korea, accusing the countries of pursuing weapons of mass destruction and supporting what the U.S. calls international terrorism.

Washington also says Iran harbors members of the al Qaeda network blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

U.S. officials say they would welcome a change of government in Tehran. Although they stop short of embracing a policy of "regime change," their statements have prompted some alarm in the region after the U.S.-led invasion successfully ousted President Saddam Hussein in neighboring Iraq.

The Bush administration's major justification for attacking Iraq was that Baghdad possessed weapons of mass destruction which posed an imminent danger to the United States. But no illegal arms have been found in the weeks since major combat operations ended.

The United Nation's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, discusses a report on Iran this week which calls for further inspections of its nuclear program. The IAEA says Tehran has failed to provide information as required under a safeguards agreement.

Iran says its nuclear program is for electricity generation but the United States says it is developing nuclear weapons.

A leading U.S. senator said he would "not necessarily" like to see the Iranian government toppled by outside forces.

"Well, a regime change that comes through the democratic processes of Iran, through the students and the young people taking charge -- now, how all that comes about, I don't know," Sen. Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday."

"But I think it has to be an Iranian process, which we can assist," the Indiana Republican added.

Lugar said the Bush administration's policy on Iran had not yet been fully formulated, but he expected the U.S. Congress to support Iran's pro-democracy forces financially.

Here are some pictures, I think these are from the Saturday night protests:

http://www.payvand.com/news/03/jun/1082.html Sporadic riots in Iranian cities of Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan

We should all email President Bush urging support for the Iranian students. Let him know we are behind him and behind the Iranian dissidents. Regime change in Iran is essential, and if the Iranians do it themselves, all the better.

President@Whitehouse.GOV

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.

Thanks a million for your input of this earth shattering turn of events. Keep me on your list.