Inside the Iranian Crackdown

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124726981104525893.html

When the Unrest Flared, the Ayatollah's Enforcers Took to the Streets of Tehran With Batons and Zeal

By FARNAZ FASSIHI

TEHRAN -- When the protests broke out here last month, Mehdi Moradani answered the call to crush them.

On the first day of the unrest, the 24-year-old volunteer member of Iran's paramilitary Basij force mounted his motorcycle and chased reformist protesters through the streets, shouting out the names of Shiite saints as he revved his engine.

On the fourth day, he picked up a thick wooden stick issued by his Basij neighborhood task force and beat demonstrators who refused to disperse.

By the eighth day, demonstrators alleging that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had rigged his re-election were out by the hundreds of thousands. Mr. Moradani says he mobilized in a 12-man motorcycle crew, scouting out restive neighborhoods across Tehran. He battled protesters with a baton and tear gas. The demonstrators fought back with rocks, bricks and bottles. Mr. Moradani says he handcuffed scores of demonstrators and dragged them away as they kicked and screamed.

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Interesting how there were no UN investigations led by an anti-iran "rapporteur" walking around iran called for after these crimes against humanity, I wonder why.

Also interesting was how the filthy anti-Israel cunts like lolo, moon, and evince permeating this forum never mention how racist and oppressive the fascist, filthy, diseased, murderous regime of iran is.

 

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^ A photo of Neda Agha-Soltan from May 2009 provided by a man identifying himself to The Associated Press as Caspian Makan, her fiancé.

Death of Neda Agha-Soltan

Footage of the death of Nedā Āghā-Soltān (Persian: نِدا آقا سُلطان‎‎ – Nedā Āġā Soltān; 23 January 1983 – 20 June 2009) drew international attention after she was shot dead during the 2009 Iranian election protests. Āghā-Soltān, a student of philosophy, was watching the protests and had just gotten out of a passenger car when she was fatally shot in the chest. According to CNN, BBC, and Fox News, she was shot by Basij.
Her death was captured on video by bystanders and broadcast over the Internet, and the video became a rallying point for the opposition.

Agha-Soltan's death was described as "probably the most widely witnessed death in human history." Her death became iconic in the struggle of Iranian protesters against the disputed election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

^ "Green Revolution"
so called "most widely viewed death in history"

 

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Footage of the death of Nedā Āghā-Soltān (Persian: نِدا آقا سُلطان‎‎ – Nedā Āġā Soltān; 23 January 1983 – 20 June 2009) drew international attention after she was shot dead during the 2009 Iranian election protests. Āghā-Soltān, a student of philosophy, was watching the protests and had just gotten out of a passenger car when she was fatally shot in the chest. According to CNN, BBC, and Fox News, she was shot by Basij.
Her death was captured on video by bystanders and broadcast over the Internet, and the video became a rallying point for the opposition.

Agha-Soltan's death was described as "probably the most widely witnessed death in human history." Her death became iconic in the struggle of Iranian protesters against the disputed election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

^ "Green Revolution"
so called "most widely viewed death in history"

But but but where are the bds scumbags, code pink, the UN, EU, NOW, and all of the rest of the screeching vermin that piles on Israel every time it kills some arab muslim terrorist trying to stab 80 year old grandmothers?

How come they are so quiet WRT iran?

 

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But but but where are the bds scumbags, code pink, the UN, EU, NOW, and all of the rest of the screeching vermin that piles on Israel every time it kills some arab muslim terrorist trying to stab 80 year old grandmothers?

How come they are so quiet WRT iran?

Obama has made a deal with the devil, and it's hurting our strategic relationship with Sunni states.
Obama uses "incrementalism" -meaning he won'tbe pro-active, only when his hand is forced.

It's why Russia is on the ascent ( after decades o being shut out) in the ME, and the USA is becoming marginalized