Iranian Alert -- DAY 17 -- LIVE THREAD PING LIST

Live Thread Ping List | 6.26.2003 | DoctorZin

[DoctorZIn]

In just 12 days (July 9th) the people of Iran are planning massive demonstrations events and strikes. On this date, 4 years ago, the regime brutally attacked peaceful student demonstrators while in their dorms. The result was the loss of life and liberty of hundreds of students, many of which are still unaccounted for.

Iran is a country ready for a regime change. If you follow this thread you will witness, I believe, the transformation of a country. This daily thread provides a central place where those interested in the events in Iran can find the best news and commentary.

Please continue to post your news stories and comments to this thread.

Thanks for all the help.

[TigerLikesRooster]

A long separate thread on the execution story is in progress.

Arrested Iran Prisoners To Face Death Sentence [Mass Public Executions Friday]

[DoctorZIn]

I just posted this in the breaking news section so the entire FreeRepublic community would learn of it.

Students Issue 'Final Warning' to Iran's Clerical Rulers

Ha'aretz ^ | 6.26.2003 | The Associated Press
Posted on 06/26/2003 8:19 AM PDT by DoctorZIn

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/935963/posts

"If you want on or off this Iran ping list, Freepmail me”

[Travis McGee]

BTTT!

[BOBTHENAILER]

They realized their tactics would not work. They are regrouping, planning, and arming up, is my guess and hope.

I think this news will confirm their resolve. The "threat" in the letter also seems to indicate a big change in tactics.

[dixiechick2000]

Here's AP's account of the letter posted by Persia.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/935990/posts

Things are really heating up. IMO, the mullahs will be making a huge mistake if they actually go through with this.

[DoctorZIn]

Thanks.

[dixiechick2000]

You're welcome.

[DoctorZIn]

Hope and Blood in the Streets of IRAN

Dr. Ramin Etebar

June 19, 2003

Dear Media Editors;

For the ninth straight day, the people of Iran have taken to the streets to protest the dictatorship of the ruling religious clerics. The tyrants in Tehran have been brutally killing and injuring the innocent demonstrators whose only crime is the cry of freedom. The crack down is not only carried out by the anti-riot police, but also by “Islamic” vigilantes known as Ansaar-e-hezbolah. These savage vigilantes are attacking demonstrators with knives, screwdrivers, chains, mace, clubs and handguns. Watching Persian satellite television programs, the Iranian people are asking why the US media is not covering these events adequately. Over the years the Iranian government sponsored anti-US demonstrations have been well publicized and broadcast on the US national news; but now the real movement of the Iranian people is ignored. The Iranian population favors the United States of America more than any other nation, including their neighbors in the Middle East. The voices of the Iranians must be heard as the first Iranian revolution of the twenty first century looms in the near future. Your attention to this serious matter will insure long term friendship between our two nations.

Ramin Etebar, M.D.

DoctorZin Note: We need to continue to press the media to cover this story. If the media warns of this impending slaughter of protesters, our government and that of the free world will be encouraged to put further public pressure on the mullahs of Iran, warning them not to slaughter these innocent men and women, before its too late.

[Robert_Paulson2]

I am still getting pinged on this list...
could you please remove me...]
thx, robert...

[DoctorZIn]

Iran Must be Tackled

June 27, 2003
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph.co.uk

"Do something about Iran - or we will have to act" was Condoleezza Rice's message to the international community when she addressed the International Institute for Strategic Studies yesterday.

Curiously, the American National Security Adviser's words triggered less controversy than might have been expected. There were a number of reasons for this. First, she did not close the door on multilateral action as the first resort for the administration. She was seeking to give multilateralism some real teeth and thus to rescue it, rather than to bury it.

Second, compared with Iraq, there is a far greater European consensus that Iran's nuclear programme constitutes a real threat. And finally, following recent unrest in Iran, it is no longer possible to sustain the image of the Islamic Republic as a popular, revolutionary regime.

Iran today is rather like Brezhnev's Soviet Union: a powerful state that can challenge the free world abroad but which is ultimately hollow. The Islamic Republic is thus ripe for the toppling. But "regime change" does not necessarily mean military action of the kind that led to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

The most promising approach is that of Senator Sam Brownback, who is currently piloting a Bill through Congress that would increase support for the democratic Iranian resistance. Indeed, the happiest model of "regime change" in Europe - Solidarity's successful campaign in Poland - was achieved peacefully with assistance from both Europeans and Americans.

There is nothing very "progressive" or "European" about keeping one of the world's most primitive and reactionary tyrannies in place.

http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/06/27/dl2702.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2003/06/27/ixoplead.html

[McGavin999]

The silence is deafening. Have we heard anything yet? I guess it's only 7 AM there, but it's Friday, right? Does anyone have any word on whether or not the mad mullahs are going to carry out their threat?

[RightWhale]

The US is not planning to invade. The revolution will happen internally with as much assistance as possible, but the troops won't go in.

[DoctorZIn]

I feel the same way.
It is morning there.
We will see what happens in the next 12 hours or so.

[McGavin999]

Shoot, I have to work tomorrow and won't have access to the web until evening. I'll try to sneak a peek at lunch time, please let me know as soon as you hear something will you doc?

[DoctorZIn]

Interesting article worth reading...

Iranian revolution missing key ingredient --the Military (for now!)

Baltimore Sun ^ | 6/26/03 | Mark N. Katz
Posted on 06/26/2003 7:20 PM PDT by freedom44

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/936344/posts?page=1

[dixiechick2000]

I'm just now catching up, but there have been some very good articles today. I really liked Condi's comments.

I'm hoping the mullahs have come to their senses and won't carry through on their threats.

Thank you, again. I'm leaving this window open...

[Lanza]

Will you put me on your ping list?

I am just now starting to follow what is going on in Iran thanks to FR. I can't believe the media is not shining a big fat light on this situation! Has the Shah's son made any comments, statements or media interviews concerning the protests and now what may happen Friday? I have seen him on Fox news months ago, but nothing as of late.

[rmt65802]

Can you add me to your Iran ping list? Thanks.

[dixiechick2000]

Just checking in. I see there is nothing new, but I can at least bump the thread.

[DoctorZIn]

I am hoping that no news is good news.

I would think that if they were prepared to start a reign of terror, the regime would want to make a very public demonstration of their power. That is what some of the haedliners reportedly want. I understand that they want to broadcast the executions around the country, to instill fear of the regime. If they fail to do so, then it will encourage the demonstators.