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Iran Protests Rage As Thousands Defy Security Forces
Protests raged overnight in Iran as thousands turned out to mark 40 days since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who died in police custody on 16 September, sparking a wave of unrest.
Young women have since burned their headscarves and confronted security forces in a movement that shows little sign of abating,
Mourners marching to her grave chanted "woman, life, freedom" and "death to the dictator" and police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, Amini's home city.
Amini was arrested by Iran's notorious morality police for allegedly wearing her
hijab "improperly". I read elsewhere that two inches of her hair was exposed.
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Both men and women reacting in a manner that few would have believed possible under a strictly Islamic regime. Will it abate - or will it escalate to other areas of the Muslim world?
Young women have since burned their headscarves and confronted security forces in a movement that shows little sign of abating,
Mourners marching to her grave chanted "woman, life, freedom" and "death to the dictator" and police are reported to have fired on protesters in Saqqez, Amini's home city.
Amini was arrested by Iran's notorious morality police for allegedly wearing her
hijab "improperly". I read elsewhere that two inches of her hair was exposed.
https:/
Both men and women reacting in a manner that few would have believed possible under a strictly Islamic regime. Will it abate - or will it escalate to other areas of the Muslim world?
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very difficult to comment
the commentators are so polarised
the engish commentators are so... polarised
They had some BBC 1 male professor on about Persian Lit and he ended with - "and I wanna say as well, ....."and launched into a diatribe about girls obeying their fathers and husbands
the girl in London sat there stunned
another girlie BBC commentator said " these demonstrations are very small, and will probably die down" - a few thousand, not much. I thought that she must be an iranian govt plant
God knows what the Iraqis think of all this. Iran has wished to redominate Iraq since er well it was driven out ( post 1918).
In January 2012, a French intelligence official stated that he believed "Chalabi to be “acting on behalf of Iran”.[14]" Chellabi at that time was er Prime Minister of Iraq ( not Iran)
Today R4 another leddy Iran commentator said "you see the peaceful Arab revolutions, were peaceful and people expected democratic change. Instead there was a slow decline into bloody civil war ( Syria, Iraq Yemen Libya)."
ma' sha' Allah baby
mash-aller? yuup
Ay dont think I have misrepresented anything hur hur hur
the commentators are so polarised
the engish commentators are so... polarised
They had some BBC 1 male professor on about Persian Lit and he ended with - "and I wanna say as well, ....."and launched into a diatribe about girls obeying their fathers and husbands
the girl in London sat there stunned
another girlie BBC commentator said " these demonstrations are very small, and will probably die down" - a few thousand, not much. I thought that she must be an iranian govt plant
God knows what the Iraqis think of all this. Iran has wished to redominate Iraq since er well it was driven out ( post 1918).
In January 2012, a French intelligence official stated that he believed "Chalabi to be “acting on behalf of Iran”.[14]" Chellabi at that time was er Prime Minister of Iraq ( not Iran)
Today R4 another leddy Iran commentator said "you see the peaceful Arab revolutions, were peaceful and people expected democratic change. Instead there was a slow decline into bloody civil war ( Syria, Iraq Yemen Libya)."
ma' sha' Allah baby
mash-aller? yuup
Ay dont think I have misrepresented anything hur hur hur
erm come on baby
they didnt look on it as FREEDOM at the time
The Shah's wife said where are our supporters and someone haw haw haw quipped - - shopping on 5th avenue !
Khomeini was secretly broadcasing his ideas of back to the 7th century and people - he doesnt hate the 20th cent means to do it ! ( cassettes)
and the Beeb lovingly referred to "the Holy City of Qom" - the whole lot etc and the little Beeb fluffies used to inisst - well it is....
they didnt look on it as FREEDOM at the time
The Shah's wife said where are our supporters and someone haw haw haw quipped - - shopping on 5th avenue !
Khomeini was secretly broadcasing his ideas of back to the 7th century and people - he doesnt hate the 20th cent means to do it ! ( cassettes)
and the Beeb lovingly referred to "the Holy City of Qom" - the whole lot etc and the little Beeb fluffies used to inisst - well it is....
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