Iran - Revolution today?

[Raphael Meade]

things are heating up a bit...

after a couple of days of brutality against the protesting moussavi supporters, cities all over the country are now filling up again with him putting in an appearance himself.

the iranians have ordered all foreign press to leave and have been jamming the broadcasts on BBC persia among others. a number of journalists from reporters without borders have been arrested.

reports are that Ahmadinejad actually came 3rd in the election and that moussavi won massively. the supreme leader has now called for an enquirt into voter fraud but that's thought just to be an attempt to appease the students/moussavi supporters and that nothing will come of it.

with govt communications blackout right now, twitter is the best way for them to get news out.. the govt has that blocked too but they're posting through proxies that other people on the internet are posting on twitter with the hashtag iranelection.

there's a very good live blog collating all the reports on the huffington post website;

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html

 

[clapham_gull]

This is a very interesting read

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Roosevelt,_Jr.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Will turn into a massacre if this goes ahead.

 

[looney]

Having known lots of Persians i'm hopping for the best for them.

 

[aftershavedave]

Having known lots of Persians i'm hopping for the best for them.

you lost a leg loonster?

 

[beorhthelm]

reports are that Ahmadinejad actually came 3rd in the election and that moussavi won massively. the supreme leader has now called for an enquirt into voter fraud but that's thought just to be an attempt to appease the students/moussavi supporters and that nothing will come of it.

not sure that nothing will come of, the Islamic council or whatever is the real power and would rather see a moderate elected than risk starting to fracture their revolutionry islamic republic. as i understand it Ahmadinejad was far from universal supported amongst them originally .

 

[El Presidente]

you lost a leg loonster?

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

you lost a leg loonster?

.............. in the net .................

 

[pork pie]

Will turn into a massacre if this goes ahead.

That's ok then. A few less of the scum!

 

[Raphael Meade]

That's ok then. A few less of the scum!

"LOL!"

which scum are you referring to exactly? the pro-reform students with the guts to go up against bussed in armed lebanese militias with nothing but their bare hands?

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

FFS Pork Pie. Even said in jest, that is utterly tasteless - I assume you'll be back on here glorying in the oh-so-amusing bloodshed when and if it kicks off.

Take a good look at yourself, old son.

 

[pork pie]

"LOL!"

which scum are you referring to exactly? the pro-reform students with the guts to go up against bussed in armed lebanese militias with nothing but their bare hands?

All of them! I hate f***ing Iranians!

 

[pork pie]

FFS Pork Pie. Even said in jest, that is utterly tasteless - I assume you'll be back on here glorying in the oh-so-amusing bloodshed when and if it kicks off.

Take a good look at yourself, old son.

What the f*** are you on about? I hate Iranians. We used to fight them nearly every night when I was young. The bastards use to stab people in virtually every fight. They are scum.

 

[Don Tmatter]

cia been busy again?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

The U.S. are keen to see a pro-western president in Iran. Ahmadinejad isn't that sort of guy , he would rather blow Israel to smithereens instead. The Yanks need Iran on "their" side as it borders Afghanistan and Iraq even with a puppet president manipulated by the ayatollahs.

 

[vegster]

Toppling AhemIwantmydinnerback would be very advantagous to the US and Israel and have a knock on effect for the Iranian funded Hezzbollah in Gaza and Lebanon and Shis militias in Iraq. He is a bit of a wind up merchant but does have a darker side. He has often been quoted as saying that homosexuality does not exist in Iran and then has any that appear hung in public. This is just one of many little policy issues he has with his people and the West. A nasty man ...

 

[Questions]

Toppling AhemIwantmydinnerback would be very advantagous to the US and Israel and have a knock on effect for the Iranian funded Hezzbollah in Gaza and Lebanon and Shis militias in Iraq. He is a bit of a wind up merchant but does have a darker side. He has often been quoted as saying that homosexuality does not exist in Iran and then has any that appear hung in public. This is just one of many little policy issues he has with his people and the West. A nasty man ...

All homosexuals should be bloody well hung.........

( Please insert joke here............ )

 

[bigc]

Revolutions seem to be a bit like Spurs used to be with the cups...

In a year ending with a 9!

Iranian Islamic, 1979, Eastern Europe, 1989..

Not to mention Charles I losing his head in 1649, and the French revolution in 1789

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

What the f*** are you on about? I hate Iranians. We used to fight them nearly every night when I was young. The bastards use to stab people in virtually every fight. They are scum.

All of them? Every single one of them? All the people who seeing a rigged election and a nutcase leader who won't move to moderate the regime, head into the streets to protest, risking their own safety in the process? They're all scum are they? Every last one of them is going out looking to stab somebody?

Christ almighty. I might have known I was wasting my f***ing breath, so will say no more on the matter.

 

[clapham_gull]

What the f*** are you on about? I hate Iranians. We used to fight them nearly every night when I was young. The bastards use to stab people in virtually every fight. They are scum.

That's obviously the downside of being born an Iraqi, you have my sympathies.