Thursday, 25 June 2009
I am SO tired
so...
later/
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Finally a message to all the people following this blog in Iran:
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Memories of a Beatnik
(Thanx 'Mogodonia')PS: If I ever fail to credit, please let me know, just means I have done a blanket trawl and forgot where they all come from!
Regards/
Iranian updates (keep refreshing page#46)
Iran unrest to dominate G8 summit
طلفا فردا هیچ کس لباس سبز به تن نکنید. با لباس های عادی به بازار ها بروید چون سبزپوش ها تحت نظارت قرار می گیرند. اگر کسی از شما چیزی بپرسد، بگویید که مصروف خریداری هستید. به بازار ها بروید، هیچ چیزی خریداری نکنید و با هم صحبت کنید. اینجوری شهر ها شلوغ و بازار ها بسته می شوند و جان شما نیز در امان می ماند.
حالا وقت آن رسیده که به جای قوای فزیکی با قوای اقتصادی مظاهره کرد. من نمی خواهم که بگویم که این حرف ها را به من زده. لطفا شما هم به کسی نگویید.
هیچ جای ترس نیست. کسی پرسید بگویین که ما به خریدار آمده ایم و بس.
ستاد موسوی: هدف این است که تهران باید درب بازار ها و کار بسته شود. ملیون ها تهرانی باید به بازار برود و چیزی نخرد.
ستاد موسوی: به وظیفه هایتان نروید. هر صبح ساعت نه بجه با دوستان و خانواده به سوی بازار تهران حرکت کنید.
ستاد موسوی: سر از فردا ما دیگه همه مان میرویم به بازار تهران از ساعت نه به بعد. حکومت هر چه بکند، بازار ها بسته خواهند شد.
ستاد موسوی: دیگر بالای حکومت انرژی خود را ضایع نمی کنیم. باید روش خود را تغیر دهیم.
لطفا این را تویت کنید به همه دوستان تان یکی از دوستان ما در تویتراز طریق آستون هیپ این مشوره ها را برای تظاهار کننده گان رسانده:
In a meeting with members of the parliament, Khamenei against defended the elections and said that the Islamic regime and people would at any cost not be forced! He added that in the current situation, he has emphasized the rule of law. He continued to say that if there was no law, then dictatorship will prevail.
He added that if the law was not followed than things will get complicated, thus, the law must be adhered. He said that if not followed, then the legality of any elections in the future will be questionable.
He added that the law must pass down from the top down, the people at the top must adhere to the law and if they don't, then the ordinary people cannot be expected to do so.
He called on the representatives of people in the parliament to cooperate with the government and not make it difficult for them to run society day to day. He added that this doesn't mean the government shouldn't be criticized if it is wrong, but rather if there is anything, it shouldn't be taken up with the government in a 'friendly' way.
Excerpts from Khamenei's speech to parliamentarians today, June 24 in Tehran.
World Drugs in Graphics
@BBCThis blog has called for the legalisation of ALL drugs in the past.
You are making criminals of a lot of people.
It is a health issue not a criminal one!
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Tehran 'like a war zone' as ayatollah refuses to back down on election
“The measure of a nation is its vote.”
Is Facebook Helping to Squash the Green Revolution?
Inhumane Bastards!
Neda Soltan's family 'forced out of home' by Iranian authorities
Parents of young woman shot dead near protests are banned from mourning and funeral is cancelled, neighbours say
Full story @ TheGuardian
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Down/time...
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Another long day here in the 'Exile' compound down here in downtown 'teh-ran' and about to put away the brain for another night. Please follow what goes on at the links above/
Again thanx for following.
If you follow on all the links that I have posted today again there is some very interesting reading...
Finally a message to all the people following this blog in Iran:
Any pictures or words would be gratefully accepted here at Exile...
Monastreet @ gmail dot com
twitter/exilestreet
Later/
Understanding Iran's Turmoil: An Expert Weighs In
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Newspaper Roozonline has an interview (in Persian) with one of the young plainclothes militiamen who have been beating protesters.
The Guardian's Robert Tait sends this synopsis:
The man, who has come from a small town in the eastern province of Khorasan and has never been in Tehran before, says he is being paid 2m rial (£122) to assault protestors with a heavy wooden stave. He says the money is the main incentive as it will enable him to get married and may even enable him to afford more than one wife. Leadership of the volunteers has been provided by a man known only as "Hajji", who has instructed his men to "beat the counter-revolutionaries so hard that they won't be able to stand up". The volunteers, most of them from far-flung provinces such as Khuzestan, Arak and Mazandaran, are being kept in hostel accommodation, reportedly in east Tehran. Other volunteers, he says, have been brought from Lebanon, where the Iranian regime has strong allies in the Hezbollah movement. They are said to be more highly-paid than their Iranian counterparts and are put up in hotels. The last piece of information seems to confirm the suspicion of many Iranians that foreign security personnel are being used to suppress the demonstrators. For all his talk of the legal process, this interview provides a key insight into where Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, believes the true source of his legitimacy rests. @TheGuardian
Eye witness account
I am an Iranian-American student in Iran. I just got back from Baharestan and here’s what I saw. I got there around 3:45 pm Tehran time and about 500-1000 people were mulling around the subway station and park across the street from the Majles. The police presence was slim so people were just waiting in the shade to see what was coming. Then it police and pasdaran started arriving from all sides and moving people away. First, from the subway stop, then from the sidestreets and sidewalks, and then from the major streets surrounding it. Of course they were polite first (Iranian custom dies hard), but no one really left when asked. I circled around several times to see if people would resist. More people were arriving from all sides. Some whispered that that everyone was going to another place, but that didn’t convince many. The lack of organization was palpable - people were expecting something but they didn’t know what. Mousavi to jump out of a moving car? Khatami to swing in like Toby McGuire?
Finally the more ominous looking black-clad guards showed up and started phalanxes that cleared the sidewalks. I was a block away until about 4:30 and heard no shots, and only heard about some beatings via others in the crowd. One phalanx came my way so I ducked into an alley, and then they turned down the same alley looking very goon squad-like so I just headed away. If there were hardcore protesters that stayed after that then I’m sure they had trouble coming. On my way back from Imam Khomeini metro station (where police were also posted outside in the square) I noticed that Baharestan metro stop had been closed - the train passed it without stopping.
Even so, the police presence was nothing like the massive buildup in Enghelab square from Saturday onwards.
Via TheLede
Eye witness account
I am an Iranian-American student in Iran. I just got back from Baharestan and here’s what I saw. I got there around 3:45 pm Tehran time and about 500-1000 people were mulling around the subway station and park across the street from the Majles. The police presence was slim so people were just waiting in the shade to see what was coming. Then it police and pasdaran started arriving from all sides and moving people away. First, from the subway stop, then from the sidestreets and sidewalks, and then from the major streets surrounding it. Of course they were polite first (Iranian custom dies hard), but no one really left when asked. I circled around several times to see if people would resist. More people were arriving from all sides. Some whispered that that everyone was going to another place, but that didn’t convince many. The lack of organization was palpable - people were expecting something but they didn’t know what. Mousavi to jump out of a moving car? Khatami to swing in like Toby McGuire?
Finally the more ominous looking black-clad guards showed up and started phalanxes that cleared the sidewalks. I was a block away until about 4:30 and heard no shots, and only heard about some beatings via others in the crowd. One phalanx came my way so I ducked into an alley, and then they turned down the same alley looking very goon squad-like so I just headed away. If there were hardcore protesters that stayed after that then I’m sure they had trouble coming. On my way back from Imam Khomeini metro station (where police were also posted outside in the square) I noticed that Baharestan metro stop had been closed - the train passed it without stopping.
Even so, the police presence was nothing like the massive buildup in Enghelab square from Saturday onwards.
Via TheLede
