Exclusive eyewitness report from Iran: “Protesters are terrified”
Iranian public television claims that 12 protesters have been killed since the beginning of the post-electoral crisis. This number is impossible to verify independently because foreign journalists are barred from covering anti-government demonstrations (read the Reporters without Borders report here). Defying censorship, one of our Observers in Teheran managed to send us an exclusive video testimony on the effects of police repression on the opposition movement.
"We’ve been terrified since the police began opening fire on protesters"
"Nazli", 25, is a student in Teheran. She has been participating in protests since the beginning of the crisis, 13 days ago.
A protester gets shot on Saturday
This video was published on the site ghthirdeye. We were not able to fully verify its content. FRANCE 24 contacted one of the people responsible for the site, "Mohammad". He claims to be in Teheran and form part of a small group of "friends" who publish videos of the protests on their blog. Often, they publish videos taken from Youtube, but Mohammad says that they shot this video themselves at a protest. He added that he has the technical capacity to send his video files at a high enough speed on servers based outside the country, despite the Internet slowdown imposed by Iranian authorities. We showed this video to several of our Observers in Iran, who confirm it may have been filmed Saturday in Teheran - the scene matches the small, dispersed type of protest that took place in the city that day. If you have any additional information on this video, please contact our team by adding a comment or signing up as an Observer.
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"Unaware people deserve
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Mon, 29/06/2009 - 14:20."Unaware people deserve nothing more than being toy of some Capitalist."..
America is the CORE of capitalism,when you ask for Americas help you ask for CAPITALISM to help you,Ironic that the world curses capitalism and the only thing that can save them is the CORE of capitalism lol
Unaware people will get their Freedom...
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Mon, 29/06/2009 - 22:58.And the person who shot this young man in the head is very aware that he is nothing but a little toy for the SupremeLeader and his murdering goons?
"when you ask for Americas
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Mon, 29/06/2009 - 21:29."when you ask for Americas help you ask for CAPITALISM to help you"
Oh...yeeeesss....we are in such great shape ourselves right now!!! Actually Iranians asked the "International Community" for help ( and not us alone).. It seems to me the call for help came into play when the tyrant regime started its act of Genocide after the elections, so the Iranians called out for help in the name of Humanity they didn't ask for us to run in there with guns and solve all their problems....but you sure don't sound like you understand what the word "humanity "means. Help yourself, get an education! Oh! quick English grammar lesson: It's not "Americas help" it's America's help- the 's should be possessive not plural. And this is no typo!! lol
"Oh...yeeeesss....we are in
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Tue, 30/06/2009 - 09:53."Oh...yeeeesss....we are in such great shape ourselves right now!!! "
because of Marxist policies from a lying Osama Hussein
"Actually Iranians asked the "International Community" for help"
yeah cause the "international community" has been so effective in the past lol
"It seems to me the call for help came into play when the tyrant regime started its act of Genocide after the elections"
then by your own admission they were complacent before so screw em,let them sleep in the bed they made for themselves
"so the Iranians called out for help in the name of Humanity"
that same {humanity} tey use when they burn other countries flags and shout things like "DEATH TO AMERICA"..YOU MEAN that HUMANITY?
"but you sure don't sound like you understand what the word "humanity "
SEE ABOVE
No you read into things. I
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Tue, 30/06/2009 - 18:34.No you read into things. I am not getting the same thing from the person you replied to and I have to agree with them because your statements are unfounded.
1. This is where I am convinced that you are not well read or knowledgeable on this topic but you seem to thin k you are. However, that’s ok; you have a chance to learn the truth, now you can take it or leave it. If you don’t want to help that is one thing, but to which the worst on others that is another thing, this isn’t what America is about.
"that same {humanity} tey use when they burn other countries flags and shout things like "DEATH TO AMERICA"..YOU MEAN that HUMANITY?"
A) You don’t seem to realize PEOPLE under oppressive regimes don't get to speak out; as you can see when they do they are hushed by torture, and death!
B) Oppressive regimes control the media and images that are relayed to the outside world, they only show (through censorship) the image they want to portray (such as the images you described). Those are the images that you were fed by the Regime in control of Iran, because the regime wants you to think the people hate you so you would react apathetically ( as you are ) And you bought them…see how much of a victim you really are.
“let them sleep in the bed they made for themselves"
C) They didn’t make “their own beds” as you stated, they were born into it! The people protesting are not the same generation as the ones that you saw in staged flag burnings or whatever has gotten stuck in your head; you're blaming them for something someone else did (only a portion of the generation before them were in those images you are so attached to.
Oh by the way this is not the first against the regime in Iran, there have been several with the same brutality as a consequence. Except this time through technology we have witnessed it!
Seems like the Regime in Iran has succeeded in fooling and brainwashing you too...
The "reformists" dont want
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Mon, 29/06/2009 - 14:18.The "reformists" dont want to stop heavy water reactor development,they want to continue the development of nuclear missle tech
Obama to fund anti-govt. elements in Iran
Submitted by shamim (not verified) on Sun, 28/06/2009 - 09:48.US President Barack Obama is re-branding a Bush-era plan to fund anti-government Iran-based elements through domestic and foreign entities.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID), which promotes the country's foreign policy, has filed an application for a 20-million-dollar grant earmarked for the groups which back opponents of the Iranian government.
Citing 'security concerns', the State Department and the foreign policy agent declined to name the recipients of the funds.
further reading: http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-06-25-iran-money_N.htm?csp=34
Unaware people deserve
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sun, 28/06/2009 - 08:13.Unaware people deserve nothing more than being toy of some Capitalist.
That is as simple as cause and effect role.
It's need a profound view to see tha flow of money and power all round the world which endanger our freedom and humanity.
This is why the U.S should
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sat, 27/06/2009 - 23:54.This is why the U.S should not interfere "
First of all, visiting Iraq once does not necessarily mean you have become an expert in Iraq. I'm Iraqi I was born and raised there and went through three successive wars and 12 years of sanctions. You do not know my country better than I do. This kind of comments and judgment is what led my country to collapse. It's because of people like who think like Bush and Cheney with unbelievable shallow arrogance the war is still going on in Iraq.
The US military could have been the best friend of the Iraqi people had they not abused the prisoners, raped teenage girls and shot innocent people like in Haditha, Mahmoudiya and Abu Ghraib.
You worked with Iraqis? Did those Iraqis tell you how scared they were when your country's warplanes were bombarding their cities, towns and villages? Did they tell you how terrified their kids were every time a bomb fall from the sky? Did they tell you how disgusted they were when they saw what happened in Abu Ghraib? C'Mon Now! If Iraqis had ties with the "terrorists" you have ties with the devil himself.
You don't know what it means to have your country destroyed before your eyes by foreign troops and terrorists who did not even exist. Have you forgotten that those terrorists came to Iraq when you invaded and occupied it?
Now why don't YOU STFU???!
No the U.S should let the
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sat, 27/06/2009 - 23:42.No the U.S should let the ppl of the world solve their own problems from now on,youve cursed us long enough,the world hates America until it needs America.besides the "reformists" dont want to stop heavy water reactor development anyway.Why should America help those who burn our flag and chant "death to amelica !!" ?We fought for our freedome{and everyone elses}.Now its your turn