TEHRAN, Iran – More than 100,000 opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defied an Interior Ministry ban Monday and streamed into central Tehran to cheer their pro-reform leader in his first public appearance since elections that he alleges were marred by fraud.
Security forces watched quietly, with shields and batons at their sides.
The outpouring for reformist leader Mir Hossein Mousavi — swelling as more poured from buildings and side streets, and wearing the trademark green of his campaign — followed a decision by Iran's most powerful figure for an investigation into the vote- rigging allegations.
Mousavi paused on the edge of Tehran's Azadi, or Freedom, Square — where Ahmadinejad made his first post-election speech — to address the crowd, which was more than five miles (nine kilometers) long. They roared back: "Long live Mousavi."
EFF YEAH!
I hope they keep this up. Once a hardline government backs down even a little it's the time to keep pressing. it's time for a popular uprising that's not afraid to put the authorities and their militant dogs in their place.
I hope back peddling from "divine assessment" shows the believers that the supposed "Word of God" is a little less rigid than they believed it to be.
Sure. So an anonymous "AP Photographer" "saw" someone get shot, yet, being a photographer, he(?) didn't get any photo of this supposed shooting.
That's rich.
Where does the gimmickry and propaganda end?
Where was Cheney at this time?
at least Iranian citizens had the balls to take to the streets and protest their rigged elections...but as you see, their government is murdering them as we speak...it would have been the same thing here...
Ahmadinejad is their GWB or Dick Cheney.
The seeds of revolution are being sown as we speak. I figure that it won't get any easier for the "Big A" after this display of corruption. It's obvious that he's starting to unravel.
Not to be a drag, but so what? So 100,000 people went into the streets and compalined. The government still has guns and the power and the people just have angst. Unless the people organize this will mean nothing.
Get your numbers right. The BBC have put the number at today's rally in Tehran at over 1 million and France 24 has put the number 2 million.
Please adjust. Way more than 100,000 - and confirmed by multiple media outlets.
The little pip squeak Amadiniejad better start packing his bags. Words out Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is going to toss him overboard. Religious leaders cannot sanction a lie and if they do, what are they? Nothing more then liars themselves and that's against the Koran.
Hey Abe,
Your pictures are up. Before you go spouting you mouth in skepticism, try to empirically include the variables. Here's one variable, the photographer needed to get to a safe location to send it.
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/1753/slide_1753_23739_large.jpg
Democracy in action. YOUR VOTE MEAN NOTHING. You have to protest VIOLENTLY apparently, in order to achieve reform. And....how authoritarian is this regime really with this vibrant display of anger? This would not happen in Burma or Sri Lanka, there would be no picture, no twitter, just DEAD BODIES. Makes a mockery of all the bullshit propaganda the West has been force feeding us dunnit"
dude...
we had a million people in the streets to stop the iraq war, and it didnt accomplish anything, and this was in democratic countries like the US and UK.
im sure some iranian bureaucrats are shitting their pants right now, and might change some things, but ... really... what does it all amount to?
natty -- actually there were pictures of the burma protsts last year... and video of people being killed. (f course, no elections there...)
otherwise, a good point you have. (yes i said it)
Yup. The govt. here will ignore even if 1000000 are on the streets, it's to the point you have to get violent or stay on the streets 24/7
At least the people of Iran take it to the streets and fight the corruption unlike here in the U.S. where people are so dumbed down watching Oprah and reality shows all day and are fed propaganda like sheep from corporate tv media.
abraham: Sure. So an anonymous "AP Photographer" "saw" someone get shot, yet, being a photographer, he(?) didn't get any photo of this supposed shooting.
STFU. Why don't YOU go and take some pics?
I don't remember a million people in the streets here in the US. Are you talking about the "million man march" ?
And what part of SUPREME LEADER do these yokels not understand?
I can't wait to try and decipher all the propaganda that is gonna come outta this one. Maybe Iran comes out ahead. They really are putting on quite a display of freedom.
(i know, i know blood is very graphic, not quite as graphic as being electrocuted by a hand held cattle prod like we use over here in advanced NWO nations. Their police ride scooters. Ours ride up armored Humvees and tanks with battering rams. Funny thing is their "secret police" don't wear NINJA masks like our secret police do either. Come to think of it. Iran might be more free than us. ) asalam alakim
Allah expresses his displeasure with Khamenei and his puppet Ahmadinejad.
Is Allah now chanting "Death to Iran"?
Gorebath, sounds like Cheney may have had another hunting accident.
Its about damn time the people in the Middle East started to do something against their governments.
They just need a formal structure and this could easily turn into a revolution.
Now, we have no choice. We must save democracy
and the Iranian people from the evil, Iranian government!
The best way to do this is drop lots of bombs on Iran and
destroy everything and kill lots of Iranians. Then we can
form the new government with democrats.
It may take some time but we won't shirk our duty.
If we have to invade, conquer
and occupy Iran, no big deal; so what?
Piece of cake.
Right?
Keegan
The government in Iran, the Islamic Republic, is a result of a revolution and a democratic vote.
I suggest more reading. You'll be fascinated.
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Who cares? I'd care if Americans were being shot in the street protesting our government.
Unfortunately, people like Leo and Phil are too pussy, and instead like to stay home and write comments about people in other countries who do, in fact, have the balls to protest against their tyrannical government.
This is a nation of sheep and cowards. Land of the stupid, home of the fool.