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Iran opens fire on protesters as anti-regime marches sweep nation
UK Daily Star ^ | May 17, 2018 | By Henry Holloway & Anders Anglesey

Posted on 05/17/2018 7:22:46 AM PDT by Fitzy_888

Byline: IRANIAN Mullahs have violently cracked down on protesters who mounted a defiant stand against the oppressive regime.

Anti-government marches in the city of Kazeroon against the Islamic fundamentalist regime ended in violence after Tehran forces reportedly killed two.

Protesters took the streets over the governments plans to change the city’s boundaries, which aims to give more power to recently-elected MP Hossein Rezazadeh.

Residents took to the streets in a bid to halt to move over the past few weeks, leading to stronger anti-government slogans and speeches to become more prominent.

On Wednesday the government said it would shelve the plan, but protesters – sceptical over the pledge – took the street in their hundreds.

When a number arrived outside the Ministry of Intelligence and Security calling for other protesters to be released, regime forces opened fire.

At first they launched tear gas canisters before they shot into the crowd.

Horror scenes show people frantically running as a police station burns in the background.

Pictures taken after the protest show bloodied marchers being treated in a nearby hospital.

Shahin Gobadi, an anti-regime activist, told Daily Star Online that despite the violence he felt regime change was “within reach”.

He added: “The anti-regime protests that began in January have continued in different parts of the country ever since and it is now abundantly clear that the Iranian people, especially the youth, will not relent until they achieve their goal, which is the overthrow of the clerical regime in its entirety.

“The mullahs are more vulnerable than ever before and the regime change is very much within reach.”

Tehran's violent crackdown comes just days after the US pulled out of the controversial 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

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The news the MSM just won’t cover.
1 posted on 05/17/2018 7:22:46 AM PDT by Fitzy_888
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To: Fitzy_888

At least they weren’t Palestinians.


2 posted on 05/17/2018 7:28:01 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: Fitzy_888

Again, that dang Trump’s fault again!

“The mullahs are more vulnerable than ever before and the regime change is very much within reach.”

Tehran’s violent crackdown comes just days after the US pulled out of the controversial 2015 Iran nuclear deal.


3 posted on 05/17/2018 7:33:52 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Democrats are having trouble with their MAMA campaign, (Make America Mexico Again), versus MAGA!)
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To: Fitzy_888

Hmmm.


4 posted on 05/17/2018 7:34:50 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Fitzy_888

Persia is restless, I wonder why...

5.56mm


5 posted on 05/17/2018 7:36:12 AM PDT by M Kehoe (THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
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"The news the MSM just won’t cover. "

As opposed to their cheerleading of 'revolution' and 'regime change' in Egypt and the US deposing Gaddafi. I was too young to be paying attention at that point, but there are those who say the Western media encouraged the Iran revolution and deposing the Shah.

6 posted on 05/17/2018 7:37:27 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Fitzy_888

The media will support the radical Islamist Regime, not the pro-democracy people.


7 posted on 05/17/2018 7:38:48 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Fitzy_888

So, let’s see. Bearded savages open fire on people, not a word in the media. Because the bearded savages are m*slim, and the left has given m*slim a free pass to do whatever it wants, because they want m*slim votes and contributions.


8 posted on 05/17/2018 7:54:33 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism is the transformation of mankind into cattle. -Nietzche)
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To: Fitzy_888

Hmmm. Squabbling over the remaining o’bamskee bucks?


9 posted on 05/17/2018 8:03:49 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: I want the USA back

Now is the time to topple the Mullahs!

Obama fumbled the last attempt, we can only hope and pray the Iranian people finally throw off the fanatics!

We must do everything in our power to topple these b-stards now!! Countdown 1979...


10 posted on 05/17/2018 8:11:54 AM PDT by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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To: neverevergiveup

The Shah was a staunch ally in opposing Soviet expansion. The pinkos who run the so-called “news” media detested that.


11 posted on 05/17/2018 8:34:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Fitzy_888

“Residents took to the streets in a bid to halt to move over the past few weeks,”

Editing is a dead art.

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12 posted on 05/17/2018 8:36:38 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Netz
<>"Obama fumbled the last attempt"<>

Fumbled? Other verbs come to mind.

13 posted on 05/17/2018 8:40:41 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Idiocracy is Prophecy!)
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To: Fitzy_888

Unpossible, the Israelis weren’t involved.


14 posted on 05/17/2018 9:10:18 AM PDT by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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To: nuke_road_warrior

r u sure


15 posted on 05/17/2018 9:12:04 AM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Build Kate's Wall)
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“The mullahs are more vulnerable than ever before and the regime change is very much within reach.” - Jimmy Carter is deeply saddened.
16 posted on 05/17/2018 9:37:42 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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Wake me when they start a campaign of assassination against the mullahs.


17 posted on 05/17/2018 9:45:16 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
And I'd like to add, "Death to the Mullahs! The Mullahs Must Be Killed!"
Thanks Fitzy_888.

18 posted on 05/17/2018 11:15:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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Persian lives matter!


19 posted on 05/17/2018 1:22:38 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The MSM is the enemy of the American people)
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20 posted on 05/18/2018 4:47:29 AM PDT by SJackson (The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement)
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