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What’s going on in Iran? Green Revolution
The full story is at: https://sites.google.com/site/tatsuma...  Participate at: Photos taken from the news, flickr, twitter, etc. Thank you Iranians for providing them. More photos of Iran at: Real-time news at: Transcript: The Iranian people voted for their presidential ele More..ctions 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 ...
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Date Found: July 28, 2010
Date Produced: June 19, 2009
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