Transcript: The Iranian people voted for their presidential elections last week. Unexpectedly, the results showed a strong majority for the current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The 'hand counted' results were announced only hours after polls had closed.
After campaigning and celebrating just the week before, the people took to the streets again, to protest. They reject the stolen election.
However, their government has cracked down hard.
Peaceful protests have been infiltrated by agents trying to incite violence and panic. Government-backed Basij militia terrorize the population, especially at night. Dozens have been killed already, bludgeoned to death or shot. Many have been arrested and disappeared. Phone and internet service in Iran is sporadic and heavily filtered. Satellite dishes, computers and phones have been confiscated or destroyed in raids. Reporters have been confined to their hotels or sent home.
This has been going on for days now.
Iranian state TV has only been showing lies, propaganda and staged videos. They paint the image of isolated pockets of young dissidents, influenced by foreign powers.
In reality, people are rising up together across Iran against the crackdown, in a display unseen since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. They are calling for a reformation of the country into a truly democratic state. This would change the politics of the Middle East completely.
Spread the word about what is happening, and support the people of Iran.
TODAY, WE ARE ALL IRANIANS.
Lyrics to the song ("A distant sadness"): A distant and familiar sadness calls to us As if carried on the wind, like burning sand Brothers and Sisters, away, you endure Stranded on our own land A memory etched into soul and skin Leaves a scar that never heals Our family is strong, but scattered Across the stars and fields We will not abandon you We will not forget you We will return for you By Bear McCreary @ http://www.bearmccreary.com.
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Can someone explain to me how Ahmadinejad is a bad president? i dont get it, if the majority love him? why do like 10% wanna cause a riot cause they lost?
most of the time, the 90% majority hates the president. But he is backed by the military powered 10% so he can forcefully forge election majority regardless of the true votes.
زمان آن رسيده كه صداي مردم ايران براي تغيير شنيده شود. يك تغيير دمكراتيك به دست مردم و مقاومت ايران مريم رجوي maryam-rajavi سايت We support Mrs Rajavi 100 percent maryam_rajaviتوييتر
زمان آن رسيده كه صداي مردم ايران براي تغيير شنيده شود. يك تغيير دمكراتيك به دست مردم و مقاومت ايران مريم رجوي maryam-rajavi سايت We support Mrs Rajavi 100 percent maryam_rajaviتوييتر
I recommend typing in "Tehran Bureau" into google. Some of the best media coverage of the situation in Iran that doesn't oversimplify everything like fox news does (i.e. "Iran is evil, we can't talk to them they are evil. Did we mention that they are EVIL!!")
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يك تغيير دمكراتيك به دست مردم و مقاومت ايران
مريم رجوي
maryam-rajavi سايت
We support Mrs Rajavi 100 percent
maryam_rajaviتوييتر
يك تغيير دمكراتيك به دست مردم و مقاومت ايران
مريم رجوي
maryam-rajavi سايت
We support Mrs Rajavi 100 percent
maryam_rajaviتوييتر