The Iranian Uprising - July 09, 2009

The Iranian Uprising
Thursday, July 09, 2009
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* TimesOnline.co.uk had the following report posted up on their website this Thursday morning and it starts off like this… Iranian police fired tear-gas and shots into the air today to disperse thousands of demonstrators who had defied official warnings and staged a march to mark the 10th anniversary of a bloody student uprising… Protesters chanted “Death to the dictator” as they gathered in the streets around Tehran University, the epicentre of the 1999 protests, which were crushed by police and Basiji vigilantes… Today, police deployed reinforcements after a first volley of tear-gas failed to disperse the demonstrators, who continued to grow in number, according to eyewitnesses. Police then fired a second volley of the gas…
Read the full report at link below…
Police fire tear gas and bullets to disperse Tehran protests
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* YNet.com has this take and it goes in part like this… According to some reports, demonstrators were chanting "Death to the Dictator," while police helicopters were keeping an eye on them from the air… "They were about 250 people who shouted in favor of (defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein) Mousavi and made the victory sign. Police dispersed them," a witness, who asked not to be named, told Reuters… According to later reports, security forces directed live fire at demonstrators. An eyewitness told the New York Times website that a woman with a blood-soaked jacket was seen running away from a protest scene. According to a report by an exiled Iranian blogger considered credible, at least three people sustained gunshot wounds in the rallies…
Read this report in full at link below…
Iran protests resume

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NYTimes.com reports…
Iran Security Forces Move to Crush Renewed Protests
Also at the NYT today…
The Lede: Latest Updates on Iran Election Protests
Lots of up-to-date info and VIDEOS at above link
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People & Power - Iran: inside the protests

In the immediate aftermath of Iran's June 12 presidential elections, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Tehran, the Iranian capital.
This news video posted on YouTube by AlJazeeraEnglish
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3- The Iranian Uprising - June 24, 2009

The Iranian Uprising
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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* AP brings us the following report early this Wednesday afternoon and it starts off like this… Protesters and riot police clashed in the streets around Iran's parliament Wednesday as hundreds of people converged on a Tehran square in defiance of government orders to halt demonstrations demanding a new presidential election, witnesses said… Police beat the protesters gathered on Baharestan Square with batons and fired tear gas canisters and rounds of ammunition into the air, the witnesses told The Associated Press. They said some demonstrators fought back while others fled to another Tehran plaza, Sepah Square, about a mile (2 kilometers) to the north… A helicopter could be seen hovering over central Tehran, where a witness told the AP that the area was swarming with hundreds of riot police who were trying to prevent people from gathering even briefly. Thousands more security officers filled the surrounding streets, said the witness, who declined to give his name for fear of government reprisals… Amateur video posted Wednesday on YouTube showed young men and women throwing rocks and pushing barricades, one blazing, in the street. Others shouted: "Death to the dictator!"…
Read the rest at link below…

Witnesses report clashes around Iran's parliament
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* SKY NEWS has the following report posted on their website this afternoon…
'New Violence Erupts In Tehran' - Reports
Above link has lots of videos and photos
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Raw Video: Tehran - June 24, 2009

Video posted on YouTube by revolutionnow11
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2- The Iranian Uprising - June 23, 2009

The Iranian Uprising
Tuesday, June 23, 2009.
The President's Opening Remarks on Iran, with Persian Translation

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(Mr. President… This is not a debate going on in the streets of Iran… COME ON -- WAKE UP! Hell… Man UP!!! Be a Leader and take a stand with the people of Iran.)

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* Telegraph.co.uk brings us the following report and it starts off like this… Relatives said images of Neda Agha Soltan, 27, who has been described as Iran's "Angel of Freedom" after she was apparently shot dead on Saturday, had been targeted by plain-clothed officials… They had removed any material commemorating the 27-year-old student that had been erected near her home by sympathizers in the Iranian capital…
Read the rest at link below…Iranian regime targets family of 'Angel of Freedom' Neda Agha Soltan
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Fiance tells of Neda's last moments.- 
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About Video: Caspian Makan, the fiance of the young Iranian woman shot last week, tells Al Jazeera of her last moments. "Neda", which is the Farsi word for voice, was allegedly shot dead by a Basij soldier in Tehran last week.

This News Video posted on YouTube by AlJazeeraEnglish

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Iranian Election 2009  Protests One Week Later

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About above video: Some viewer discretion advised

This video posted on YouTube by LuvManatee

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In Memory of Neda and all of the Iranian people who have lost their lives for a cause bigger than themselves
AubreyJ………

The Iranian Uprising - June 22, 2009

The Iranian Uprising
Protesters hail Neda Soltan as a Martyr and her senseless death is sure to bring deeper unrest in Iran in the days to come…
Monday, June 22, 2009.
Iran Opposition Leader Stands by Protesters

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About this News Video: Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has vowed he will stand by the protesters whose week of defiance has deeply shaken the country. Video Date: June 22nd.
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Young girl being killed by plainclothes
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About this video: Basij shot to death a young woman in Tehran's Saturday, June 20th Protests.At 19:05, June 20th…Place: Karekar Ave., at the corner crossing Khosravi St. and Salehi St..A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart. I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim's chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes… The protests were going on about 1 kilometer away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gas used among them, towards Salehi St… The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me… Please let the world know…
INFO/Video posted on LiveLeak by deathtokhamenei
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* FoxNews.com brings us the following report and it starts off like this… Protesters in Iran are hailing 26-year-old Neda Soltan as a martyr after graphic videos of her apparent murder at a protest in Tehran hit the Internet. Iran experts say images of her bloody death have galvanized the country and that mourning for her - which has been banned by authorities - will bring deeper unrest… "Neda," whose identity could not be verified by FOXNews.com, was reportedly gunned down by paramilitary police Saturday during protests in the capital city. Videos posted on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter show her bleeding from the nose and mouth as a crowd tries unsuccessfully to stanch the flow and save her life… The video also shows a moving clip of a man identified by some as her father or professor cradling her head and yelling out, "Neda, don't be afraid. Neda, stay with me. Neda stay with me!”…

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Read the full report at link below…

Neda Soltan, Young Woman Hailed as Martyr in Iran, Becomes Face of Protests

.* AP reports it this way… Amateur video of a young Iranian woman lying in the street - blood streaming from her nose and mouth - has quickly become an iconic image of the country's opposition movement and unleashed a flood of outrage at the regime's crackdown… The footage, less than a minute long, appears to capture the woman's death moments after she was shot at a protest — a powerful example of citizens' ability to document events inside Iran despite government restrictions on foreign media and Internet and phone lines…

Read this article in full at link below…

Amateur video turns woman into icon of Iran unrest

.* TheSun.Co.uk has this report…

Shot girl's last moments

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Above link has news video and short slideshow

.* The Washington Post has this report posted up on their website this Monday afternoon and it starts off like this… Demonstrators returned to a public square in Iran's capital Monday to protest alleged fraud in the recent presidential election and were met with beatings and tear gas from security forces, eyewitnesses said. Meanwhile, the group charged with certifying the election said discrepancies between the number of votes and eligible voters in some districts did not constitute proof of ballot-tampering…

Read the full report at link below…

Protesters Return to Tehran Streets

Above link also has a long, informative slideshow

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Sen. John McCain on Iran

About this video: Sen. McCain reads an AP article on protest crackdown but mainly focuses on the death of the woman known as "Neda," who was killed and her video posted on YouTube. He then reads another article detailing the death.
This video posted on YouTube by CSPAN
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I’ll end today’s post with this News Video from Studio B on the Fox News Channel…

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Read more from FOX at link below…
New Amateur Videos Reportedly Show Police, Protesters Clash in Iran
Great reporting FOX!
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All you Conservatives...

(A few words from our enemies and the Left)

All you Conservatives...

PLEASE stay home in November!

Word of advice to all my fellow Republicans -- VOTE
John McCain

AubreyJ.........

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Iran In Crisis After Prominent Cleric's Murder

The assassination of a prominent cleric in an oil-rich Iranian province, coinciding with violent protests in Tehran over the rationing of petrol, has plunged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad into his biggest crisis since he was elected two years ago... The murder on June 24 of Hesham Saymary in Ahvaz, the centre of Iran's oil-producing province in the south, was a blow to a regime that is already under pressure because of international condemnation of its nuclear program and the prospect of economic meltdown...
Read story in full at TheAustralian.news.com.au website

Update #5 Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - Day Thirteen: 15 British Sailors and Marines Captured by Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Releases All 15 Captured British

Sailors and Marines

IRNA Photo

All the MSM news outlets are reporting this morning the wonderful news of the upcoming release of all the 15 British captives...

Alalam.ir website has this repot that starts off like this... Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Wednesday that his government would release the detained 15 soldiers on the Prophet Muhammad's birthday (PBUH) as a gift to the British people... He pardoned the sailors and announced their release minutes after he gave medals of honor to the Iranian coast guards who intercepted the sailors and marines, saying Iran will never accept trespassing of its territorial waters... The amnesty was granted on the auspicious occasion of birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the Christian Easter festivity...
Read this report in full HERE

SMH.com.au has this take on the story that goes in part like this... "While insisting on our rights, these 15 sailors have been pardoned and we offer their freedom to the British people," Mr. Ahmadinejad said at a news conference in Tehran... "After the news conference they can go to the airport and go back home," Mr. Ahmadinejad said... An official said later that the crew would be released to the British embassy in Tehran...
Read the story in full HERE

IRNA.ir website has this report that goes in part like this... UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday in a phone call thanked IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for pardoning 15 British naval troopers arrested for illegal entry to Iranian waters... President Ahmadinejad, too, congratulated the UN Sec Gen for his appointment at the post, pointing out that there are serious challenges at the international scene currently with which the nations are entangled... Ban Ki-moon thanks Ahmadinejad for marines' release...
Read the rest at link below...
Ban Ki-moon thanks Ahmadinejad for marines' release

FOXNEWS.com has this report this evening that starts off like this... British officials late Wednesday night said they expected Iran to make good on its promise to release 15 British sailors and marines, and hoped their journey back to London would begin "within hours." The British Foreign Office, meanwhile, confirmed that its ambassador to Iran had visited with the military personnel and reported that they were in good health...
Read the rest at link below...
British Expect Iran to Begin Release of 15 Captive Sailors, Marines 'Within Hours'

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