Iranians Protest Against Election Fraud and Coup of 12 June

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Uploaded by on Jul 5, 2009

Couple of days after the presidential elections in Iran and the following violent clashes between crowds and security forces across Tehran, it was evident that what happened was a coup. The military-security establishment and certain elements in Iran's clerical nomenclature carefully planned a large-scale manipulation of the election. They were evidently prepared for the riots and protest that followed. Anticipating a high voter turnout and victory for reformist challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi, security forces blatantly took control of the entire election process and virtually declared martial law in Tehran.
The coup began near closing time on election day, June 12, with significant increase in the presence of police and security forces in the streets, turning off mobile text messaging nationwide and interferences in telephone network. The security forces also surrounded the Ministry of the Interior (the election headquarter) and occupied the election headquarters of Mousavi and Karoubi. The logistics of such show of force requires carefully planning. As the real numbers started coming into the Interior Ministry late on Friday, it became clear that Mousavi was winning. Mousavi's spokesman abroad, filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, alleges that the ministry officially contacted Mousavi's campaign that they had won the election and said it would begin preparing the population for this victory. Even though, state-run TV stations declared Ahmadinejad the winner and began broadcasting pre-recorded messages calling on people to show their support for the winner, and then surprisingly the Ministry of Interior announced a landslide victory for Ahmadinejad. (From Wikipedia)

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  • fight on

    you changed the world

    FREEDOM!!!

  • iran people you have my total respect i love your solidarity your heart and soul I PRAY FOR YOU iranian warriors peace!!

  • wow at 3:35.

    I don't evven want to imagine what happened to him.

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