Iranian Election Protest photo’s via Brave Twitters! SEND THIS VIDEO TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW! NO MORE SILENCE!!
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Iconic Iranian Singer Googoosh Dedicates Song to Iranian Freedom Seekers
Iranian singer Googoosh, whose voice was silenced in the years following the 1979 Revolution, and who has often sung about her nation has dedicated a song to the masses protesting in the streets of Iran:
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Free Download at http://www.googoosh.com/blog
IRAN: RAFSANJANI POISED TO OUTFLANK SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI
6/22/09
Looking past their fiery rhetoric and apparent determination to cling to power using all available means, Iran’s hardliners are not a confident bunch. While hardliners still believe they possess enough force to stifle popular protests, they are worried that they are losing a behind-the-scenes battle within Iran’s religious establishment.
A source familiar with the thinking of decision-makers in state agencies that have strong ties to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said there is a sense among hardliners that a shoe is about to drop. Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani — Iran’s savviest political operator and an arch-enemy of Ayatollah Khamenei’s — has kept out of the public spotlight since the rigged June 12 presidential election triggered the political crisis. The widespread belief is that Rafsanjani has been in the holy city of Qom, working to assemble a religious and political coalition to topple the supreme leader and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Source Article
Iran to create special court to try election protesters
A judiciary official says tribunals will process hundreds of ‘rioters’ and ‘thugs’ caught in security sweeps during the unrest after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected president.
By Ramin Mostaghim and Borzou Daragahi
10:56 AM PDT, June 22, 2009
Reporting from Tehran — Iran’s judiciary will set up a special court to try protesters arrested in the surge of civil unrest since the disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a judiciary official said on state television, as the government continues its crackdown aimed at crushing its greatest domestic challenge in 30 years. Source Article
Solidarity
Solidarity. If compilation videos aren’t your thing, move along. But a reader passed along this video with the note, “Something uplifting after a week of dreadful news. Would be great if this could reach as many people as possible in Iran so they see how much support there is worldwide.” Take a look:
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Iranian protestor pleads for U.S., world to intervene
June 22, 2009 Posted: 09:45 AM ET
An Iranian student protestor in Tehran made a passionate plea for help from the world community this morning in a phone call to CNN’s “American Morning.”
For safety reasons, CNN can only identify the student by his first name, Mohammed. He’s been a part of the protests and a target of the violence there. Below is an edited transcript of the interview. Source Article
Middle East, Odds and Ends, Video
You Can't Beat Our Grandmothers
“You can’t beat our grandmothers.” A very moving appearance by Melody Moezzi on CNN last night:
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Iran council 'admits poll flaws'
Monday, June 22, 2009
11:19 Mecca time, 08:19 GMT
Iran’s Guardian Council, the country’s highest legislative body, has admitted some irregularities occurred in the disputed June 12 presidential election.
Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, a spokesman for the council, told state-funded broadcaster IRIB on Monday that up to three million votes were under scrutiny, after it was found that the number of votes exceeded the number of eligible voters in 50 cities.
However, he said “it has yet to be determined whether the amount is decisive in the election results”.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the conservative incumbent president, won the election by a wide margin, with 63 per cent of the vote, according to figures from Iran’s interior ministry. Source Article
In Iran, One Woman's Death May Have Many Consequences
By ROBIN WRIGHT Robin Wright – Mon Jun 22, 12:30 am ET
Iran’s revolution has now run through a full cycle. A gruesomely captivating video of a young woman – laid out on a Tehran street after apparently being shot, blood pouring from her mouth and then across her face – swept Twitter, Facebook and other websites this weekend. The woman rapidly became a symbol of Iran’s escalating crisis, from a political confrontation to far more ominous physical clashes. Some sites refer to her as “Neda,” Farsi for the voice or the call. Tributes that incorporate startlingly upclose footage of her dying have started to spring up on YouTube.
Although it is not yet clear who shot “Neda” (a soldier? pro-government militant? an accidental misfiring?), her death may have changed everything. For the cycles of mourning in Shiite Islam actually provide a schedule for political combat – a way to generate or revive momentum. Shiite Muslims mourn their dead on the third, seventh and 40th days after a death, and these commemorations are a pivotal part of Iran’s rich history. During the revolution, the pattern of confrontations between the shah’s security forces and the revolutionaries often played out in 40-day cycles. (See pictures of terror in the streets of Tehran.) Source Article
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