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Sep182009
Iran's Qods Day: The Participants Speak
Friday, September 18, 2009 at 19:41
The Latest from Iran (18 September): Qods Day
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An EA source brings us first-hand testimony from his relatives, who were in five different locations across Tehran today:
1. The number of Green Movement was much higher than the supporters of Ahmadinejad. Bear in mind that some people were scared to carry a Green symbol. Ahmadinejad supporters were shocked indeed, seeing all these people.
2. For the first time in the history of the Islamic Revolution, the main parts of the opposition group were from the religious and revolutionary people.
3. The presence of women and youth were much higher than on previous occasions.
4. For the first time many people who came to the rally didn’t go to the Friday prayers. Even though speakers were inviting people to go to the prayers, some took part and some ignored it, in contrast to what happened with the Friday prayers which Hashemi Rafsanjani led.
5. It was the first time that police attack demonstrators who were fasting with tear gas. (Tear gas, if it is breathed in, will break the Ramadan fast.)
6. For the first, IRIB broadcast rallies in other cities than Tehran, and a few images from Tehran were in close-up shot.
7. When Ahmadinejad had a short live interview after his speech with IRIB Channel 2 in front of Tehran University, you could hear the protestors shouting, “Ahmadi, Ahmadi, resign, resign!”
8. On some Government buildings and on the public buses, demonstrators had sprayed green slogans in support of Mousavi and the Green Movement.
9. People were showing their support for Mousavi and Karrubi with no fear of IRIB’s cameras and those of the police and the intelligence services.
10. Young supporters of Green Movement had decided to go to Azadi stadium to carry on their protests tonight, as the football team of Ali Karimi and Hussain Ka’abi was playing (both are supporters of green movement).
NEW Iran Video: Qods Day Protests (18 September)
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An EA source brings us first-hand testimony from his relatives, who were in five different locations across Tehran today:1. The number of Green Movement was much higher than the supporters of Ahmadinejad. Bear in mind that some people were scared to carry a Green symbol. Ahmadinejad supporters were shocked indeed, seeing all these people.
2. For the first time in the history of the Islamic Revolution, the main parts of the opposition group were from the religious and revolutionary people.
3. The presence of women and youth were much higher than on previous occasions.
4. For the first time many people who came to the rally didn’t go to the Friday prayers. Even though speakers were inviting people to go to the prayers, some took part and some ignored it, in contrast to what happened with the Friday prayers which Hashemi Rafsanjani led.
5. It was the first time that police attack demonstrators who were fasting with tear gas. (Tear gas, if it is breathed in, will break the Ramadan fast.)
6. For the first, IRIB broadcast rallies in other cities than Tehran, and a few images from Tehran were in close-up shot.
7. When Ahmadinejad had a short live interview after his speech with IRIB Channel 2 in front of Tehran University, you could hear the protestors shouting, “Ahmadi, Ahmadi, resign, resign!”
8. On some Government buildings and on the public buses, demonstrators had sprayed green slogans in support of Mousavi and the Green Movement.
9. People were showing their support for Mousavi and Karrubi with no fear of IRIB’s cameras and those of the police and the intelligence services.
10. Young supporters of Green Movement had decided to go to Azadi stadium to carry on their protests tonight, as the football team of Ali Karimi and Hussain Ka’abi was playing (both are supporters of green movement).
Reader Comments (5)
If you have it PLEASE post the video of Ahmadinejad being heckled on live broadcast. Western media is not presenting the real picture of whats happening (through regime disinformation and just plain lazy journalism), and live footage of Ahmadinejad being heckled tells the whole story.
I am trying to publicize the rallies in NYC on September 23 as much as possible and it is very helpful to show how brave these kids in Iran are.
I donT get "2."
Here are some photos of the tear gas and police attacking green movement
http://nimroozonline.com/content.aspx?id=2549
@ Jashar:
I think it means, for the first time in the History of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the majority of the opposition groups (specially the opossition leaders) are coming from a religious and pro-revolution backgrounds. This means that the opossition to Ahmadinejad government is not opposition to the Islamic revolution but it is opposition to the people who are hijacking the revolution for their own power and benefits..
@ Sohrab & Adam
"This means that the opposition to Ahmadinejad government is not opposition to the Islamic revolution but it is opposition to the people who are hijacking the revolution for their own power and benefits."
And I guess this is the reason why Western Media got rather "lazy" in their reporting lately. Or rather: As soon as they realized the "Green wave" not being one of those "colour revolutions".
Same with the demonstrations of the opposition in Georgia early this summer or the demonstrations in more than 20 different cities in Germany (Slogan: "We will not pay for your crisis") on September 17: Nearly no reporting in Western Media.