Iran Feature: My Funny Valentine's Day...at a Protest (Persian Umpire)

Although they do occupy a portion of your imagination in the days before a rally, death, being beaten or getting arrested, are not the most frightening thoughts before going to a demonstration. The worst thought, always, without exception, is whether people are going to show.

On 25 Bahman, we –-- a group of eight –-- took off toward Enghelab Square at around two o’clock in the afternoon. I kept telling everyone that it was too early for leaving; that the rally was at three o’clock and that Iranians are always fashionably late. Nevertheless, the others were too anxious to sit still and so we left.

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