Iran: Requiem for a revolution

[Cheguevara831]

Democracy in the Arab World Now

freedom now

We hope that Islamic extremists dont take the power in Syria, Egypt etc

Let's remember the Iranian revolution of ‘79, democratic people trusted extreme Islamists who pretended to be their allies and turned out to be just as repressive and corrupt, wearing a mullahs robe rather than a monarch's gown.

At the end democracy left Iran, try not to end up like them, being murdered and tortured and imprisoned even more than under the previous regime.

[xMaXiMuSx]

dude some of you are stupid.. The CIA has been killing people over there and blaming it on the mullah to undermine and destablize the regime.. The green revolution are a bunch of people being duped mainly by CIA agents like mussouvi.

[aryanpersia]

HAHAHA not only your dream didnt go through abot IRAN but your puppet regims like those in cetteral asia and east of europe are faling one by one.

fuck you west ,

HAHAHAHAH

[arbighookasian]

dont you worry once it become democratic again americans will fuck it up just like they have done it , think again mullah or shah same crap different name, but ALI MOSADEGH was the real treath to westerns, did khomeyne not live in FRance for 25 years could they have him assassinated, but why did they not do it? he was being prepered to comeback and finish their job? was it not?

[zareh77]

every armenian and iranian christian in this screwed up islamic replublic of iran want this stupid amadijinad out of power once and for all. they want iran to be democratic again just like in 1970s under shahs democratic goverment. its 2009 30 years of bullshit and time for a change. i support these christian brothers and sisters of mine 100%.

[bokaee]

I have never been able to find any link between "Hojatieh" and "Mesnah Yazdi" but you r certainly right to claim that they share the same ideology. You should have been more careful in wording your claim.

[bigc028282]

WATCH

911 RESOLUTION TRILOGY

[amayamani]

it looks like the rich are sick and tired of sharing

the wealth of Iran with the poor, so they need to

get rid of AhmediNajed by any means possible.

[NavidZady]

Most of Iran's revolutionaries 30 years ago were leftists. the "rich" of Iran just have more of an education and are more open-minded to other ideas and have a broader perspective than those who live in small villages in Iran with no electricity, etc.

That is why they prefer a democratically elected government rather than selection by the unelected leaders of Iran.

[IncLogic]

Pepe sounds funny !!!! Pepe is my favorite

[bluedragon888]

Don't pass off Pro-ahmadinejad protests as mousavis. You havent really looked into the other side have u escobar? Im unsubscribing.

[NavidZady]

bluedragon888, Pro-ahmadinejad protests BARELY happened in Iran.

I have clear evidence and primary sources in Iran today that would tell you that all protests in Iran are not even Pro-mousavi anymore, they just want freedom, a better life and a government that supports them and does not kill its own people.

The green is fading, the people are wearing black to show their support for those who have died in the Resistance of the Iranian People.

Please, be informed before you comment on things. thx

[bluedragon888]

Navid, you are not speaking to your average american Fox Junky so tone down the nonsense. If you really believe what you are saying, then next time you ever visit Iran maybe you should break out of your little shell and see things beyond the desires of the petit bourgouise classes of northern Tehran. Until recently ,my hometown in Azarbaijan was sufferring from decades of neglect and to then Western orientated 'Reforms' were only a step backwards.

[GriNGoLocoTe]

This is very true. The workers didn't even go on strike... that is saying alot (since the workers make the majority of people). Teheran is so big (7-8 million people), that I wouldn't be surprised if 1 million of them were from the rich classes... just enough rich people to make the "revolution" bigger than it actually is.

[persesmonk]

Tehran population is more than 18 million (official record) thank you tho

[bluedragon888]

It was for that reason that here, (despite being overwhelmingly Azeri Turk) and in countless other towns like it you would be extremely pushed to find a Mousavi supporter.

Iranians have the greatest number of freedoms that any country in its position can have while withstanding foreign backed coups and espionage designed to fragment us somalia or the former yugoslavia.

[bluedragon888]

Btw, where's your supposed 'evidence and clear primary sources'? And please dnt copy nd paste another persons link!

[NavidZady]

I have family and friends in Iran who are reporting to me from all parts of Iran. (Tehran, Esfahan, Mashhad, Hamadan, Rasht, Tabriz, Shiraz, etc) and they have told me the brutality of the Islamic Republic.

Also, it has been reported that in some 50+ cities in Iran, the vote count was 85-140% of the actual number of citizens, suggesting the fraudulent election.

The majority of Iranians wanted the reformist party to win; whilst the ultra-conservative clerics of Iran wanted Ahmadinejad.

[bluedragon888]

If you want I can tell you about the brutality of the L.A.P.D Doesn't make no difference. Also, Iranians never had to register at a particular station as everything was computerized. Therefore, as what usually happens at weekends in Iran, people like many of my own family return to their hometowns where they vote, hence the increase in number.

Again, cut out the lies cos we've heard it all before.

[MudHut67]

What is wrong with Pepe's analysis?

[numpty1972]

Pepe is pissed that there is no old style Marxists to take power in Iran by the sounds of it.

[NavidZady]

You are a very ignorant fellow.

If you even barely know a little bit of the revolutionaries in Iran in the 1970s and especially in 1979, you would know that the main revolutionaries were leftists.

There were many associations in which the top 3 was one "old style Marxist", the other a fairly Socialist and the third an Islamic-Leftist group in which they wanted socialism in the name of Islam.

Other than those three, there were nationalists and western style liberals.

[numpty1972]

I was making a comment on pepe's politics not Iran then or now.

[divinacomedias]

fakeass video showing images that tell one story and superpose it with lies.

[NavidZady]

divinacomedias,

you do not know what is going on in Iran.

If you are very interested, I can send you a link of updated news, photos and videos taken by the people and not by any government explaining and showing to you what is truly going on.

Do not support a dictatorship from a democratic country you sit in!

It makes you sound like you are either uneducated or just plain arrogant.

[jeflood]

hey hey i'd like that link!

[amayamani]

if most of Iran's revolutionaries 30 Yr ago were

leftest then they must have voted yes in the

referendum for an Islamic Republic because it

got overwhelming support , & the rich always

have a better education then the poor but it doesn't give them a right to rule a majority that doesn't agree with them

[hhocar]

Part 1

hi 2 all. there are as many opinions as there are wanabe analysts in the world. If you are not an Iranian and old enough to know the history of Iran, then why do you claim you know Iran. People of Iran in 1953, then in 1978/79 and now are all from different schools of thought. The balance of democracy has never been established in Iran. Iran had always been a monarchy state and Mullahs were always in the back ground. This is true for before and after Islam in Iran.

[RAPMONSTAR]

poor Iran in solidarity with the poeoples of the world South America Usa palestine Asia Africa Uerope ETC

[RAPMONSTAR]

thye world is mested up in every corner the only richghous things are popular movemants

[BasijiHunter]

We are so proud of the voice rising up against the Mullah's occupation of our country. Our hope is to pick them off, creating the fear they have created in our lives. The Basiji Dogs are the starting point. Then the top level mullahs: including Rafsanjani, Mousavi, Khatami... they have stolen our wealth, identity and freedom. This occupation of fundalmentalists who hand pick the candidates, hand pick the winners and then claim we live in a democracy - MUST END.

[pinkpuma1213]

so what was the impression of this video supposed to be? that the civilian uprising isn't worth shit and nothing's going to change?

[spits32]

watch until the very end.

[ITwarriorTI]

I am unsubscribing this is not NEWS this is C.I.A. B.S. at is best.

[spits32]

it's an op-ed. take it or leave it.

[chan0chap]

im unsubscribing too.

i can get this kind of garbage on the mainstream media.

[NavidZady]

You are completely retarded, chan0chap!

You have no information on Iran and are just a neo-fascist to support Iran's current regime and what they have done to their people.

You should research and read!

The Basijis have attacked Tehran University at 3:30-5am and imprisoned hundreds!

They threw some sleeping students down from the rooftops!

They have tortured and executed TENS-HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FOR JUST OPPOSING THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC!

PLEASE..JUST PLEASE MAKE COMMENTS AFTER YOU KNOW THE STORY.

[meeputube]

6:17

[chan0chap]

u have stop these kinds of bullshit vids if u wanto be a reliable alternative news source.

we all get this crap from the mainstream western media 24/7.

iran is not a dictatorship or a democracy.

its a THEOCRACY

a religious democracy.

and ahmedinejad really won the election

[shab277]

shut the fuck up. what the fuck do you know about iran, no one wants ahmadinejad, u dont even live there, so why dont u shut the fuck up

[MudHut67]

It is blindingly obvious that Ahmedinejad stole the election, the other candidates got fewer votes than he did in their own provinces where most of their supporters are. They counted all the votes in less than a day which is impossible given the population of Iran. So I don't care if you support Ahmedinejad or not, he rigged the election and should not have won.

[audadvnc]

Last November, Mexico City policemen fired into crowds with machine guns during a water famine demonstration and killed at least 50 people.

Where was the American outrage then? Where was the story even? I didn't even know about it until today.

[bigc028282]

Man, if you want to see cops giving real beatings, go to a republican or democrat convention here in the US.

[xxashyy]

Another good point, I saw one video of a hulking pig lunge down a CODE PINK protester with both hands on his nightstick. She must have weighted 140 pounds. She had her back turned from the cop and that pig knock her down, I mean HARD too, like if she was a man. So while the US government and media whine about the Iranian protests they should have been criticizing the police presence at those RNC and DNC rallies. Very similar to the police beatings in Iran.

[bigc028282]

I think the only difference is the non-lethal tools we have now. Have you seen the new "sound weapons"? NY has them, and they were first used in Iraq. Of course we set up "camps" to hold our people in as well. I am not sure where they put those people in Iran. I am sure that would be worse. Our police look a lot more scary though. Stormtrooper gear.

[xxashyy]

Yeah I seen that weapon, and I'm not surprised if NY did have them. That's why I say this Iran deal is smokescreen and diversion to get are attention away from the coming police state here. It's coming stronger and faster

[bokaee]

really do they kill u too as they are killing us in iran?

[journeytoislam]

Bollocks

[bigc028282]

Not only do they not care about the Iranian or Iraqi people, they don't care about us, the American people. You want to talk about stolen elections. I bet the the guys running for office in Iran aren't related! We now have idiots that voted for "change" of nothing but a face. I am so very disappointed :( We can't even get International CNN in the US. Does this sh!t make any sense to other Americans? no REALLY?? Is our country really that full of sheeple??

[xxashyy]

Right exactly. We cant even get Hezbollah's news network here and we had a hard time letting AlJazerra onto are airwaves. The US government talks about "freedom" and "democracy" but they are limiting freedom here and stealing democracy mainly with the approval of an apathetic dumbed down public. A public more interested in watching the latest TV Ball game or American Idol rather than paying damn CLOSE attention to what there government does here and abroad.

[mikezephyr]

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man (or woman), you take it.

-Malcolm X

[xxashyy]

Exactly. And it make my point that the "west" or the US government doesn't really care bout the people of Iran. Just like they never cared about the people of Iraq. Unless is serves some devious interest. Perhaps stopping Iran's Nuclear Program for the benefit of Israel. Could that be it?

[bigc028282]

The US government is cool with another countries citezens protesting but, when we want to, they send in cops to instigate situations so they can arrest everyone without providing our rights. Bullsh!t!

CIA is at it again.

[xxashyy]

That's very good one sided cheer leading coverage from the "real" news. What's next cheer leading for a potential war against Iran to take the government?

[bokaee]

the IRI gets too much coverage as it is.

[sheepblitzer]

why is the US mainstream media and politicians so supportive of these iranian protesters, when similar protests throughout the world in the past 60 years have been brutally stamped out with US approval and even direct support?

i think the US relationship to Iran, compared to its relationship to other brutal regimes (that the US funds) has something to do with it....

[bokaee]

you talk about us (iranian protesters ) as if we are some sort of alien entity. The fight belongs to us the iranian people and no one else. u r welcomed to help but in our terms.

[elihssan1111]

sorry this story is not tru

[MrRezaeslaminia]

I Support the president of IRAN .

[tkxport]

very good video and historical compositional bias....

[tkxport]

I support the present president of Iran...

[MudHut67]

Even though he wasn't elected?

[tkxport]

i think he should rule forever or until he's tired of it...

i agree w/ his views... and methods...

[MuslimGhost]

This is pertty good commentary, though highly biased to reflect an American world view.

[kazearaki]

american world view? you should watch fox news then. i've watched several TRNN report on iran and i must say they are very balance in reporting it and not with a simple black and white positioning. they also in agreement with what chomsky say about iran.

i meant come on, the fact that iran is under dictatorship of the right wing is as clear as daylight. i also find it difficult to believe that cia has major role in this current event, minor is possible. iran counter intelligence is very strong.

[xxashyy]

So what Iran's under a dictatorship. What does that have to do with the United States? China is a Communist dictatorship also and just as brutal as Iran is. And yet the coverage on Iran was extremely overboard. Why is Iran different from China? China BTW has normal relations with the US government even though they're human right records is just as bad or maybe worse than Iran's. So what's going on here?

[bigc028282]

I have seen more footage of iran in the last week, than I have seen of 2 wars we have been if for.........=bulsh!t

[JSparkleZ2]

The difference is that when you owe a country multiple trillions of dollars and they have a standing million man army things look a little bit different...

[kazearaki]

to xxashyy (2 hours ago)

So what Iran's under a dictatorship....

personally i don't care shits about the us government and their two sides of the same coin parties but many us citizens are inspirational to me

TRNN are obliged to report what's happening in iran and people wants to know. where do you get these data that their report went overboard? they cover conflict in china, georgia, north korea, us itself and many other places aswell.

[hamletundone]

we US citizens are preparing ourselves for the US govt to turn on us. Authoritarianism is in the air all over the globe. The govts WANT war. A BIG war. We are heading into a new dark age.

[WeAreWakingUp]

we are in the dark age, we are heading toward the light, but first we must get through the dark(est) part

[kwillyou22]

i think we are in the dark part getting darker...

[licensedtolive]

@hamletundone No we're not. Not even close. I doubt you even live in the U.S. If you want to see a government turn on its people, you're talking Iran.

[AndrewMann552]

The Green Revolution failed because it had no leaders and it wasn't even "revolutionary," it was lead (for now) by the designer clothes-wearing youths of upper class North Tehran. But it was the beginning of something bigger. For the next phase to be successful it must be lead by the Iranian workers and it must put forward a clear blueprint for change. Chanting from rooftops will only get you so far.

[tepstolog]

great comment mr.!!! I so agree with u...!!!

[sobeboyzz]

Regarding the whole revolution thing - obvious USAs hand is obvious.

[shab277]

totally agree with u, usa supports it, mainly due to the fact of selling oil in non-us dollars, but no1 wants this rezhim in iran, down with ahmadinejad

[sobeboyzz]

Too bad he cant go down in a peaceful democratic way.If he does go down now though,it might get worse.

[Hurakhsh]

In fact this dictatorship of the mullahtariat (good neologism) has now revealed itself for what it is. In essence this mullocracy or mullahtariat has written its own epitaph. If the people were willing to work within the parametres of the Islamic Republic before all this, now the configuration has changed entirely: Iranians will overthrow this regime entirely. You will see.

[Hurakhsh]

It ain't over yet by a long shot, Pepe. Not even close.

[StraussBR]

@Hurakhsh

guess he was right...

[Revolucionario02]

Oh boy, watching this video gave me a headache, if Pepe is telling us the truth then how bizarre Iranian politics are. So I don't understand how can this guy Mahmoud Ahaminejad could be associated with right wingers if he has strong leftist type of policies and good ties with Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales and Rafael Correa.

Are we sure Iranians are humans and no Cylons? Maybe Pepe is a Cylon J/K :)

[GriNGoLocoTe]

Yes, this was a tough news report to digest. Iranian politics is way complicated. But I'm guessing that Iranian "right" winged politics is against the American version of right winged politics, that's why they ally themselves with our beloved South American presidents...

[PsyogiBottoms]

I guess if we have to suffer under the dictatorship of Bush Lite they might as well suffer under their counterfeit politicians.

No Change for another generation - great.

[IC1101]

6:17 FAIL  LOL

[sheepblitzer]

LOL thats CNN footage too. hows that for 5 seconds of fame?

[studio7manga]

Excellent analysis.

I see the conspiracy nut and pseudoscience faction is well represented in the prior commentors near10 and hhocar...

[near10]

I urge "THE REAL NEWS" network to reconsider letting pepe comment on Iran affairs.There is so many inaccuracies in this commentary that I won't even bother getting into detail. simply put pathetic

[PsyogiBottoms]

You wont even bother backing up your allegation?...hmmm Why don't you try.

[abarzilai664]

I take you think that these protests are the results of years of CIA manipulation, that's unlikely. While it can't be denied that the CIA has been active in Iran, the Iranians have been feeling discontent about the state of affairs in the Islamic Republic, it was all a bubbling volcano that erupted. No amount of CIA manipulation can pull off something this big.

[hhocar]

Pepe Escobar is funded by the zionist propaganda wing of the west. Since when a Portuguese had so much interest in the east? There demise in South Africa should be lesson that they are not a force any more. Iran needs to change from with in and not from the help of out siders. The Iranians tried it in 1953 and failed to finish their revolution, study Mosadegh. Then in 1978/79, well we know the out come. Now if some in Iran want to make a change then let them do it by them selves.

[MudHut67]

Weeirdo....

[mcclurejas]

it is a nice song.