Don’t forget
Though martial law has shut down the big protests in Iran, the people still mourn for their lost friends and family.
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It continues
In the clips I’ve seen of the protests today, the marchers seem much more determined, fearless, with a controlled fury in their voices. In some they toss tear gas canisters back at the police. In all of them, they refuse to slow or stop, pressing forward relentlessly. In this clip, they first are shouting “Don’t be scared. Don’t be scared. We are all together.”. And then, clearly, “Death to the Dictator.”
Continue reading →Things get worse
Today the peaceful protests were met with crushing violence. Follow along via the New York Times and/or Andrew Sullivan. CNN’s on-air coverage has been much better this weekend too. WARNING! Very graphic images of violence and death.
Continue reading →Waiting for tomorrow
There’s nothing I can add to this. 3:09 pm: One of our readers requested that we translate the following blog post: “Tomorrow is a big day, maybe I
Continue reading →And again….
I can’t tell you how it moves me to see this river of people marching for their rights. In the videos I see, they are marching in almost complete silence. Today they march again, a march of mourning for those who have been killed.
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And again today, the reformers march peacefully in huge numbers, demanding justice.
Continue reading →More from Tehran
Another huge and peaceful march today. Photo from AFP, of AL-ALAM TV picture (AFP is not allowed to report directly at this time), taken June 16, 2009.
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A peaceful march, asking for a review of the vote. Madyar’s photo feed has been constantly updating over the past couple of days. The photos from the attacks on the University dorms are frightening.
Continue reading →Drums of War
Bomb Iran? U.S. Requests Bunker-Buster Bombs White House Bomber Request Leaves Some Wondering if U.S. Is Preparing Action in Iran Tucked inside the White House’s $196 billion emergency funding request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is an item that has some people wondering whether the administration is preparing for military action against Iran. The item: $88 million to modify B-2 stealth bombers so they can carry a newly developed 30,000-pound bomb called the massive ordnance penetrator, or, in military-speak, the MOP. The MOP is the the military’s largest conventional bomb, a super “bunker-buster” capable of destroying hardened targets … Continue reading →
More on Iran
Reading Ken Silverstein over at Harper’s, and he’s been asking his sources about a possible attack on Iran. This is from a former CIA agent who formerly said an attack on Iran was not likely. It looks like a military strike is in the works and I base that on two things: observable fact and the rhetoric emanating from the White House. There
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