Iran Explodes!: Hundreds of Thousands of Protesters Met with Beatings and Tear Gas

idk, I kinda like Ahmadinejad.. but then again, I dont live there..

 

I heard that the government chided demonstrators for demonstrating, not for Egypt as advertised, but against the Iranian regime.

There is a difference in Iran in that the government has no secular arm to protect the people.

 

a lot is gonna depend (not unlike egypt) which stance the army will take .... then there are the 100 thousand or so revolutionary guards to consider as well

this has the potential to be very amazing... or very very messy

good luck iran

 

It's just a matter of time. How much? Sooner or later in this modern world with the communication available. Maybe a week--maybe 50 years.

 

Rather security forces tried to justify their actions by saying the demonstrations gathered under false pretenses. Chided was a word used in a news report.

 

I wish that would happen here. >.>
I don't even think Australian police would know what to do if there was a fair dinkum riot.

 

Brace yourself.

That movie is coming to a theater near us all.

 

The actions that are going to be taken during this riot have serious ramifications for the entire world. We all better pay close attention to this one.

 

One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pm6wbnaLOA&feature=player_embedded"]video, posted on Youtube (claiming to be from Monday's protests) shows people chanting, "political prisoners must be freed." A woman then cries that tear gas has been deployed, dispersing the crowd.
On the Facebook page used to organise the marches, there were also reports of shooting in or around Enghelab Square, as well as demonstrations in the cities of Mashhad, Shiraz and Kermanshah.

 

Is it "death to Khamenei" or "down with Khamenei"?

I was in the midddle of a large group of Iranian protesters back in 2009 and they were chanting in English, "Down with Khamenei, down with Iminadinnerjacket!!!"

It sounded a whole lot like the people in the second video.

 

lol.

 

Jeeze, it's like one giant protest in the Middle East right now.

 

pakistan still hasn't had any protests....

i don't really see countries like iran being overthrown as easily as egypt.

 

Maybe there are protests all of the time and we just don't get to hear about them...

 

Pakistan has in fact had plenty of protests in the past. It's media and political freedoms are also much greater than most other countries in the region. For example, it's 2 houses of parliament are not 3/4 controlled by one party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Pakistan

As for Iran, if the Green revolution failed I doubt these protests will go far. The Iranian security forces are way too good. I'm not even talking about the police, or the army, I mean the Republican Guard, an army inside an army, the SS of Iran basically.

 

Appropriate?