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POPSProtests flare in Iran's capital .... "....opposition protesters warned the Obama administration -- which is seeking to engage Iran to defuse a confrontation over Tehran's nuclear program -- that now's not the time for a deal." Hmmm....and this: "...Protesters chanted, "Death to the dictator" and "Russia is the den of espionage,".....
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POPSThe Return of the Iran-Contrarians A retired Central Intelligence Agency official has confirmed to the Senate Intelligence Committee that on the secret mission to Teheran last May, Robert C. McFarlane and his party carried a Bible with a handwritten verse from President Reagan for Iranian leaders. According to a person who has read the committee's draft report, the retired C.I.A. official, George W. Cave, an Iran expert who was part of the mission, said the group had 10 falsified passports, believed to be Irish, and a key-shaped cake to symbolize the anticipated ''opening'' to Iran.
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POPSProtests Resume In Iran With The Government-Backed Quds Day Ceremony
11.57am: At least 10 protesters have been arrested, according to Reuters. "Supporters of Ahmadinejad are beating supporters of Mousavi near the Vali-ye Asr street. At least two protesters were injured," it quoted a witness as saying. 12.02pm: Al Jazeera's Alireza Ronaghi, reporting from Tehran, said the security forces were out in force, attempting to keep opposition demonstrators away from Tehran University where Ahmadinejad was speaking earlier. "I didn't expect the protests to be as big," he said Another video appears to confirm that thousands have been involved in the protests today. It also seems to show attempts to prevent filming taking place. 12.57pm: NBC has released more of its interview with Ahmadinejad. In the latest segment, he defended the detention of three Americans, who have been held for more than seven weeks. They "trampled the law, and in accordance with the laws, they need to be punished," he said. The full interview will be broadcast on Sunday.
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POPS“It’s Life Has Come To An End” Ahmadinejad Lays The Smack Talk On Israel Ahmadinejad’s fresh comments came ahead of his appearance at the United Nations General Assembly next week and before Tehran attends talks on Oct. 1 with major powers worried about the Islamic Republic’s nuclear strategy. NUCLEAR PROGRAMME Ahmadinejad repeated on Thursday that Iran would “never” abandon its disputed nuclear programme to appease critics. In an NBC-TV interview, he also offered no direct response when asked whether there were any conditions under which Iran would develop a nuclear weapon. “We don’t need nuclear weapons,” Ahmadinejad said, speaking through an interpreter. “We do not see any need for such weapons. And the conditions around the world are moving to favour our ideas,” he added. President Barack Obama, who came to office pledging to engage with Iran, has suggested Tehran may face harsher sanctions, possibly targeting its gasoline imports, if it does not accept good-faith talks by the end of September.
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POPSLatest Updates on the Protests in Iran! July 21 These protests have been held in occasion of 21 July 1952.On this day after five days of bloody protests and full of casualties in Tehran and some other cities, Mohammad Reza Shah was forced to accept conditions of Mohammad Mossadegh and Ghavamo saltaneh government was toppled. General Ahmad Reza Radan, police chief successor had warned earlier today that any kind of gathering will be encountered. Ahmad Reza Radan in an interview with Mehr News Agency and by referring to rumors about holding a protest rally had said: It is police duty to encounter with this illegal rallies.
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POPSShowdown as Mousavi Attends Friday Prayers In his sermon broadcast live on radio nationwide, Rafsanjani reprimanded the clerical leadership for not listening to the controversy over the election, which was declared a victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in results that Mousavi's supporters say were fraudulent. "Doubt has been created (about the election results)," Rafsanjani said. "There is a large portion of the wise people who say they have doubts. We need to take action to remove this doubt." Rafsanjani couched his sermon in calls for unity in support of Iran's Islamic Republic. But his sermon was an unmistakable " if implicit " challenge to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has declared Ahmadinejad's victory valid and demanded an end to questioning of the results. Rafsanjani said the people's voice must be considered. "We believe in the Islamic Republic ... they have to stand together," he said. "If 'Islamic' doesn't exist, we will go astray. And if 'republic' is not there,
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POPSThe Dictatorship Regime Lead By Supreme Leader By doing so, the regime lead by supreme leader Ali Khamenei, hoped to silence the last remaining (moderate) opposition leaders who themselves count as prominent figures of the Islamic regime, and complete his grand scheme of creating an Islamic state rather than a republic. However, this so called election 'coup' failed as the courageous people of Iran took to the streets to let the world know what is happening and make their cries for justice and basic rights be heard throughout the globe. Once again, a dictatorship has failed to tame the brave and free people of Iran. The Islamic regime has lost all credibility. This is the beginning of the end for this corrupt, backward and violent regime.
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POPSLive-Tweeting The Revolution: Week 2 URGENT: Karoubi: I will only announce my representative if an independent team is formed. URGENT: MirHossein Moussavi will NOT have any representatives in GC Speciall committee. A Female Student Who Was Shoted, Named SHALIR 19yrs. Confirmed Dead. Reports: More than 7,000 Protesters Siting on the Street Near Neda Was Shot Dead. Police Sourended Them (not conf.) Tonight, the roar Allah Akbar and all the cities of Tehran was long Allahu Akbars begin. "Intensity hasn't diminished. I hear warning shots, but after the shot they changed to death to dictator" Tonight in memory of martyrs of recent events, people will be holding a candle light vigil on their roof tops. There is no news from Mahsa Amrabadi , journalist and blogger who was arrested last days There is no news from Shiva Nazarahari, activity human rights & blogger who was arrested last days Mohammad Mostafaie arrested. he is lawyer & activity human right in I iran My friend is near IR Emba
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POPSIranian police clash with up to 3,000 protesters Can't be officially verified because of the crack down on the media there. But from another article posted today by the AP: "Obama officials say talks with Iran still possible". From within that article: "Both Rice and David Axelrod, Obama's top adviser, said Ahmadinejad doesn't appear to have the final say over Iran's foreign policy. Axelrod, dismissing Ahmadinejad's harsh language against the U.S. and Obama as "bloviations," said being open to talks with Iran is not an effort to reward the country. "We are looking to ... sit down and talk to the Iranians and offer them two paths. And one brings them back into the community of nations, and the other has some very stark consequences," . The Iranians they would have to be speaking to are the clerics and they are more fanatical than even Ahmadinejad. (what babes)
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POPSReport: Hospitalized Iranians Seized "The point is, when they are being taken to the hospital they don't actually get there," her friend who accompanied her told CNN last week. "Just like the reporters are being told not to report what they really see. Human Rights Watch, citing interviews with people in Iran, said Friday the Basij is carrying out brutal nighttime raids, destroying property in private homes and beating civilians in an attempt to stop nightly rooftop chants of "Allahu Akbar" (God is great). The nighttime chanting is emblematic of the protests 30 years ago during the Iranian revolution, which toppled the monarchy of the shah. "While most of the world's attention is focused on the beatings in the streets of Iran during the day, the Basiji are carrying out brutal raids on people's apartments during the night," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director for Human Rights Watch. Residents from northern Tehran neighborhoods told Human Rights Watch that the Basij fired live rounds into the air . . .
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POPSIRAN PICTURES: 1978-79 Revolution Echoes Protests Today Photojournalist David Burnett, having been in Iran for less than 48 hours, uncapped his lens and captured some of the most striking pictures from the 1978-79 Iranian revolution, which would depose Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi--images eerily similar to photos coming out of Iran 40 years later. The revolution ultimately put into power the very Islamic republic that is now fending off its own street protests--sparked by a questionable election and stoked now, as before, by killings adopted by the protesters as martyrdoms.
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POPSLive-Tweeting The Revolution: Day 14 26 Jun 2009 Tonight, like past nights, the chants of "Allah-o-Akbar" were heard on roof tops of Tehran & other cities. R.I.P Micheal Jackson, many in Iran loved you and grew up with your songs, despite all the Regime's confinements and propaganda
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POPSThe Jig Is Up Mousavi wasn’t about to give up Iran’s nuclear program either. But the fact that engagement is now so patently absurd even to the left blogosphere should give the Obama team pause. What are they going to do now? So perhaps it was not George Bush’s “fault” that we couldn’t “get along” with Iran. Any American president who declines to countenance the regime’s thuggish behavior becomes the object of their scorn. There is no “engagement” without forfeiting our conscience. And the notion that Ahmadinejad and his mullah patrons would give up their nuclear program in response to some charm offensive from the president is now revealed to be utter drivel. If Obama can’t rally world opinion now — when the nature and intentions of the regime are so clear — it is hard to see when he will ever be able to do so. After all, who now thinks we can do “business” with the mullahs and/or learn to live with a nuclear-armed despotic regime?
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POPSLive-Tweeting The Revolution: Day 12 Head of National Security committee had a meeting w/ Rafsanjani, Mousavi, Rezaee today They send emails using addresses of detained journalists & political/HR activists 2 their colleagues. B careful Note that State TV has used the term "Bloody" for Bahar.Sq. clashes, (could also be an attempt at intimidation) More than 10 family members of detainess arrested in front of Rev. Court, Security forces crack down Protest. Gibbs: "Given the events of the past many days, those invitations will no longer be extended," Iran state media: Tehran mayor Qalibaf has asked officials to legalize rallies all shops was closed - nowhere to go - they follow ppls with helicopters - smoke and fire is everywhere Clashes at Sadeghie SQ continuing for more than 5 hrs. source, hearing from Iran: people are hoarding the injured in their homes because they’re afraid of going to hospitals
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POPSOpposition Leader Expected to Attend Protest Outside Iran's Parliament Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is expected to attend at a rally Wednesday amid an intensifying government crackdown on protesters following the country's disputed presidential election. http://www.facebook.com/mousavi?ref=ts%2F Iran has ordered journalists for international news agencies to stay in their offices, barring them from reporting on the streets. Mousavi says he was the true winner of the election. Iran's electoral commission declared Ahmadinejad the winner by a landslide, ignoring Mousavi's claims of widespread and systematic vote fraud. Mousavi has been out of sight in recent days, but a short message posted on his Web site asserted that "all the reports of violations in the elections will be published soon." State TV reported that Ahmadinejad would be sworn in sometime between July 26 and Aug. 19.
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POPSIran protests: live blogging @Guardian 2.15pm: Witnesses: police using tear gas, water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters in Tehran, says a flash on AP. Supporters of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate in Tehran, Iran. Photograph: Getty Images/Getty Images 2.25pm: One person has been killed in an explosion near the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran, according to the Fars News Agency. Two people were injured, Reuters quotes it saying. State TV has the same report, according to AP. 2.20pm: There are heavy clashes on Azadi Street, and chants of death to Khamenei, according to this regularly updated live blog from Iran. It also reports intense clashes on Enghelab Square. It's impossible to verify this at the moment. 2.15pm: Witnesses: police using tear gas, water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters in Tehran, says a flash on AP. Realtime results for #iranelection @TWITTER http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23iranelection
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POPS Permission Denied For Saturday Rallies The rally is dubbed 'from Revolution to Freedom' - a reference to the starting point (Enqelab Square) and the finishing point (Azadi Square) of the demonstration. follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/rayemankojast Source: PressTV Posted by Sara at 2:19 PM
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POPSIranian Demonstrators Ignore Threats June 19, 2009 Raye Man Kojast? Where Is My Vote? Aftermath of Iran Elections Friday, June 19, 2009 Reformist Blog: 'Destiny-Making' Protest March To Go On in Tehran 20 Jun 09 The destiny-making march will take place at 1600 on Saturday in the company of Messrs Karrubi, Musavi and Khatami from Revolution Square towards Azadi . We call on all the supporters of reform and change to have an overwhelming presence so that their cries are a protest at cheating and lying and backing for it at the highest levels of the system. May the massive crowd make all officials, who do not attach the slightest value to the people's votes, tremble. http://campaign88.persianblog.ir/
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POPSPeople Power! SILENCE is complicity. Our president’s refusal to take a forthright moral stand on the side of the Iranian freedom marchers is read in Tehran as a blank check for the current regime. The fundamentalist junta has begun arresting opposition figures, with regime mouthpieces raising the prospect of the death penalty. Inevitably, there are claims that dissidents have been “hoarding weapons and explosives.” Foreign media reps are under house arrest. Cellphone frequencies are jammed. Students are killed and the killings disavowed. And our president is “troubled,” but doesn’t believe we should “meddle” in Iran’s internal affairs. (Meddling in Israel’s domestic affairs is just fine, though.) We just turned our backs on freedom. Again. … For decades, Washington policymakers from both parties have prodded Iranians to throw off their shackles. Last Friday, millions of Iranians stood up. And we’re standing down. That isn’t diplomacy. It’s treachery
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POPSLive-Tweeting The Revolution: Day 6 BBC & CNN, PLEASE publish information on nationwide strike planned for tomorrow Tuesday throughout all of Iran Tomorrow rally at ValiAsr Sq. 5:00PM State TV announced that they will "recount" voted again since tomorrow Ahmadinejad called us Dust, we showed him a sandstorm. Protesters writing "only Mousavi" on Freedon sqr. tower, Iran's most prominent landmark U beat (us),U kill,U cut, what DO u do with d unpreventable growth of new blooms" a Persian song* ppl chanting "Police, police, support us" also 6 students who were beaten last night in the dorm died today. they were from my university. we wore black today :(( NOTE to HACKERS - attack www.farhang.gov.ir - pls try to hack all iran gov wesites. very difficult for us. confirmed - ahmadinejad website hacked off net. Intelligence calling homes and play recording saying "u participated in today's march, don't repeat" Reports of gunfire in Tehran's Saadatabad district Tarasht dormitory is seiged by basij Non stop sound
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POPSIran it's time for a change!!!!!!!! How long will a country allow the leaders to do as they pleas with their life and their rights? What will it take to motivate the people to demand change ?How will Face Book, You Tube, Twitter , and other social networking sights play into this to bring about change?
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POPS Iranian Opposition Calls for Rally therefore they can't trust their vote recounts, either," said cleric Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, a spokesman for Mr. Mousavi's camp. The rallies in Tehran were mostly calm, following Monday's protest that left seven people dead. On Sunday, five students at Tehran University were reported killed, though that figure hasn't been confirmed by state media. On Tuesday, the two sides kept their distance from one another and the uniformed security forces stood at the sides of the rallies. Many opposition demonstrators said they had come out despite a government ban and warnings by Mr. Mousavi to avoid confrontation after Monday's bloody rally, to show they won't give in to pressure. "Now that our movement has started, it must continue. If they kill us, we will get more resolved,"said Mohamad Reza, a 24-year-old textile seller in Tehran's Grand Bazaar. "They just want Mousavi because he told them he will give them freedom," said one Ahmadinejad supporter.
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POPSIran's Disputed Election This continued protest for freedom is inspiring. Many pleas from within Iran to the outside world for help in enforcing a true democratic election free from internal tampering. I am glad to see this young generation fight against this injustice for tyranny needs to be toppled wherever it is found. No matter what your personal feelings for the Iranian leaders, the Iranian people deserve to have a voice in their future.
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POPSDon't Call What Happened in Iran an Election I know this is getting a lot of play right now but I couldn’t help clipping this mainly for the comment about the image of fascism being “Lots of splotchy boys who can't get a date are given guns and told they're special”.
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POPSPhotos: Bloody Aftermath of the Presidential Elections in Iran From the American standpoint, the most significant development related to the election came from the U.S. itself. Asked about the voting in Iran, Barack Obama said, “Ultimately the election is for the Iranians to decide. You’re seeing people looking at new possibilities. And whoever ends up winning the election in Iran, the fact that there’s been a robust debate hopefully will help advance our ability to engage them in new ways.” For someone who sees false choices everywhere, he sure was snoozing on this one. Obama’s was a depressingly bad answer. For what does this now say about America’s attitude toward Friday’s insult to democracy? Does the American president really believe that the Iranian public decided the outcome?
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POPSBashir defiant about war crimes warrant THE HAGUE (OTCBB:HGUE), Netherlands, March 5 (UPI) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir was defiant after a tribunal ordered his arrest for war crimes, telling a rally he wouldn't bow to outside pressure.
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