Hundreds protest in Iran,despite warning

[Sky_123]

I don't think that any country interfere in this election, both candidates are from the same party approved by supreme council. Both have supports of millions, result is against the expectations of opposition thats why they are protesting and its there right, it happens in many countries. Millions of people can't come on street due to external influence.

 

[idune]

What kills me is how in America, the President is being criticized daily by so many for not calling for regime change in Iran. He is being taken to task for telling everyone that in the end it is up to Iranians to decide their future, and we will stay out.

American president is telling lies to Muslim world and countries as deception tactics. In reality he knows none of his sweet oration is matter because his zionist dominated administration and intel empire working something completely different. Countries like Pakistan, Iran and Palestine are suffering from his double talk.

 

[Twain]

What kills me is how in America, the President is being criticized daily by so many for not calling for regime change in Iran. He is being taken to task for telling everyone that in the end it is up to Iranians to decide their future, and we will stay out.

That's the thing, he is going out of his way to stay out of this. JMO but he is handling this exactly as he should. If he endorses the election results, it will cause a backlash in the middle east (and large parts of the rest of the world) for supporting an autocratic regime. If he says the election is a fraud he is trying to institute regime change.

On top of that, the conspiracy theories are multiplying by the day.


Again, JMO, but if the Iranians want a full fledged democracy, they have to stand up and demand it themselves or it will never work.

Now a question for everyone, The rumors are that when all the dust settles the powers of the supreme leader will no longer be vested in a single person. There will be a Supreme Council made up of 3-7 people, two of which will be Khamenei and Rafsanjani. Anyone else heard anything about that?

 

[rubyjackass]

Iran election: Guardian Council admits vote was flawed
Iran's powerful Guardian Council has admitted that the vote was flawed but said it would not change the result.


By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Published: 11:07AM BST 22 Jun 2009

The admission was made as the main presidential challenger, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, implored supporters to renew street protests in Tehran on Monday and defy the threat of a brutal crackdown by the security forces.

Organisers of the campaign to overturn the result of the June 12 election, which gave Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the incumbent president, a landslide victory said demonstrations must continue after petering out on Sunday.



The campaign called on people to march with black candles or turn on the lights on their cars during an afternoon rally.

The calls came as the Guardian Council, the body charged with reviewing the contested election, said it had concluded an investigation but would not be overturning the result. Its spokesman, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, said the number of votes collected in 50 cities was more than the number of eligible voters but the discrepancy was not sufficent to account for Mr Ahmadinejad's margin of victory.

Mr Mousavi reiterated his backing of the protests at the end of a tense weekend in which at least 10 people were killed in the Iranian capital. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gave the greet light to the repression when on Friday he declared the protests were illegal.

But Mr Mousavi said: "The country belongs to you ... protesting lies and fraud is your right."

The former prime minister warned supporters of the danger ahead, and said he would stand by the protesters "at all times". But he would "never allow anybody's life to be endangered because of my actions" and called for pursuing fraud claims through an independent board, not the Guardian Council.

A former president, Mohammad Khatami, backed the call. "Protest in a civil manner and avoiding disturbances in the definite right of the people and all must respect that," he said.

Meanwhile the authorities released the daughter of another former president, Hashemi Rafsanjani. Faezeh Hashemi was detained while travelling to a Mousavi rally on Saturday. Officials said she and several other relatives were held for their own safety.

Iran's foreign ministry lashed out at foreign media and Western governments. Its spokesman Hasan Qashqavi accused them of "a racial mentality that Iranians belong to the Third World".

"Meddling by Western powers and international media is unacceptable," he said.

Meanwhile, the authorities in Bahrain shut down a newspaper after it published a claim that Mr Ahmadinejad is of Jewish origin.

Samira Rajab, an MP made the allegation in Akhbar Al-Khaleej and the paper, the Gulf state's oldest, was found guilty of violating the country's press code.





Iran election: Guardian Council admits vote was flawed - Telegraph

 

[idune]

Iran's powerful Guardian Council has admitted that the vote was flawed but said it would not change the result.


By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent
Published: 11:07AM BST 22 Jun 2009

Source of such news is Brits who are caught red handed in instigating these unrest. Western media is just scrapping for anything to spread propaganda.

 

[idune]

Now a question for everyone, The rumors are that when all the dust settles the powers of the supreme leader will no longer be vested in a single person. There will be a Supreme Council made up of 3-7 people, two of which will be Khamenei and Rafsanjani. Anyone else heard anything about that?

More rumor mills, just as this unrest was spread with rumor that Mousavi won the election before vote were counted.

 

[idune]

Iran's Rezaei withdraws election complaints

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:55:11 GMT

Withdrawing his complaint to the Guardian Council, Rezaei says it is time to focus on the current situation in Iran.
Presidential contender Mohsen Rezaei has withdrawn his complaints filed with the Guardian Council, the country's electoral watchdog, about the disputed presidential election.

“The [current] political, social and security situation has entered a sensitive and decisive phase, which is more important than the election,” Rezaei said in a letter to the Secretary of the Guardian Council, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati.

Citing an epic participation by the Iranian people in what he called a 'clear sample of religious democracy', Rezaei said despite of his insistence on following the complaints, he withdrew his appeal because of time shortage.

His letter came as Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei accepted a request put forward by Ayatollah Jannati for extending the deadline to investigate complaints made to the body.

Rezaei came third in the election by winning 678,240 votes (1.73 percent).

The defeated candidates -- Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Mohsen Rezaei -- in the hotly-contested presidential election cried foul once incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared victor by a landslide in the June 12 poll.

Mousavi, Karroubi and Rezaei, according to the Guardian Council, had reported over 600 irregularities in the electoral process.

Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, the council's spokesman, has suggested that the number of votes cast in 50 cities exceeded the actual number of voters.

However, he says there are no regulations barring travelers from casting their vote in a city other that their hometown.

Thus, the Guardian Council has ruled out the possibility of nullifying the disputed election, citing no record of any major irregularity.

Iran's Rezaei withdraws election complaints

 

[idune]

Iran parliament meets to discuss UK ties
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:13:03 GMT

Iranian lawmaker Kazem Jalali says the results of the meeting will be announced in due time.
Iranian lawmakers have met to discuss relations with Britain as tensions continue to grow between the two countries following Iran's presidential election.

In a Tuesday meeting, also attended by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, the Parliament's national security and foreign policy commission called for reconsidering ties with Britain.

Iran has expelled two British diplomats from the country in protest to UK officials' remarks on Iran's post-election unrest, which has erupted since the re-election of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the presidential vote last week and resulted in the death of at least 20 people.

The parliament meeting comes a day after Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani urged the commission to carefully review the issue of Tehran-London relations.

Lawmaker Kazem Jalali told Press TV that certain decisions were made in the Tuesday meeting which will be announced in due time.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday that UK was also expelling two Iranian diplomats following Tehran's decision to expel the second and third secretaries of the British embassy.

Tehran condemned the British officials' remark as a clear interference in Iran's internal affairs, saying London is supporting 'illegal rallies' in the Iranian capital Tehran.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has rejected the claims, saying turning the dispute among Iranians about the election results into a battle between Iran and other countries -- the UK in particular - 'is without foundation'.

Despite an official ban by Iranian authorities on any gathering, supporters of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi staged daily rallies in capital Tehran to protest at the election result, which they believe is fraudulent.

Mousavi and another contender Mehdi Karroubi has called for the nullification of the result - a demand which was rejected by Iran's electoral watchdog Guardian Council on Monday.

Iran parliament meets to discuss UK ties

 

[Twain]

More rumor mills, just as this unrest was spread with rumor that Mousavi won the election before vote were counted.

Actually it is in a press report now.

Iranian clerics seek supreme leader alternative

Religious leaders are considering an alternative to the supreme leader structure after at least 13 people were killed in the latest unrest to shake Tehran and family members of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, were arrested amid calls by former President Mohammad Khatami for the release of all protesters.

Iran's religious clerics in Qom and members of the Assembly of Experts, headed by Ayatollah Rafsanjani, are mulling the formation of an alternative collective leadership to replace that of the supreme leader, sources in Qom told Al Arabiya on condition of anonymity.

Five family members of Rafsanjani, one of Iran's most powerful men, were arrested at rallies on Saturday, including his eldest daughter Faezeh Hashemi, but released later.

The influential Rafsanjani,75, heads two very powerful groups. The most important one is the Assembly of Experts, made up of senior clerics who can elect and dismiss the supreme leader. The second is the Expediency Council, a body that arbitrates disputes between parliament and the unelected Guardian Council, which can block legislation.

Members of the assembly are reportedly considering forming a collective ruling body and scrapping the model of Ayatollah Khomeini as a way out of the civil crisis that has engulfed Tehran in a series of protests,

The discussions have taken place in a series of secret meetings convened in the holy city of Qom and included Jawad al-Shahristani, the supreme representative of Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who is the foremost Shiite leader in Iraq.

An option being considered is the resignation of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran's president following condemnation by the United States and other European nations for violence and human rights violations against unarmed protestors.

Rafsanjani issued no statements following Khamenei's speech last Friday in which the supreme leader praised him along side Ahmadinejad as Iran's new president.

The moderate Khatami called Sunday for the immediate release of protesters arrested in the country since June 13, saying their release could "calm the situation in the country," the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

Middle East News | Iranian clerics seek supreme leader alternative

 

[idune]

Actually it is in a press report now.

Iranian clerics seek supreme leader alternative

Press report based on what? Some more rumors and western wish list?
By the way Al Arabia was kicked out of Iran because of direct interference and their report has zero credibility.

Rather say no more ...

 

[idune]

Further exposing western "democracy" and "freedom" deception......


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UK firm exploits Iran unrest to sell furniture

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:22:09 GMT

The British furniture chain Habitat's use of online search terms connected to recent developments in Iran has drew online criticism.
A major British company has provoked criticism after it took advantage of the atmosphere created by recent post-election protests in Iran and advertised its products.

The British furniture chain Habitat has used online search terms connected to recent developments in Iran, such as the name of the defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi to draw attention to its own Twitter feed.

The international chain store has been publicizing its goods and services via Twitter, but adding unrelated keywords that have been getting considerable attention.

That meant that Twitter users who were trying to find information about subjects -- such as Iran and the street rallies in Tehran following the country's recent presidential election -- came up with posts advertising Habitat's products.

After its advertising tactic drew the criticism of Twitter users, the British firm deleted its posts and resorted to its previous standard methods.

In a message to Sky News Online, a spokesman for Habitat called the move as a “mistake”.

“We will do our utmost to ensure any mistakes are never repeated.”

The unrest following Iran's violence-tinged election has left at least 20 people dead and many others injured.


http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspxid=98907&sectionid=351020601

 

[third eye]

Further exposing western "democracy" and "freedom" deception......


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UK firm exploits Iran unrest to sell furniture

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:22:09 GMT

The British furniture chain Habitat's use of online search terms connected to recent developments in Iran has drew online criticism.
A major British company has provoked criticism after it took advantage of the atmosphere created by recent post-election protests in Iran and advertised its products.

The British furniture chain Habitat has used online search terms connected to recent developments in Iran, such as the name of the defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi to draw attention to its own Twitter feed.

The international chain store has been publicizing its goods and services via Twitter, but adding unrelated keywords that have been getting considerable attention.

That meant that Twitter users who were trying to find information about subjects -- such as Iran and the street rallies in Tehran following the country's recent presidential election -- came up with posts advertising Habitat's products.

After its advertising tactic drew the criticism of Twitter users, the British firm deleted its posts and resorted to its previous standard methods.

In a message to Sky News Online, a spokesman for Habitat called the move as a “mistake”.

“We will do our utmost to ensure any mistakes are never repeated.”

The unrest following Iran's violence-tinged election has left at least 20 people dead and many others injured.


http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspxid=98907&sectionid=351020601

Take a break !!

Good/ shrewd marketing has nothing to do with democracy & freedom & deception.

Don't see shadows where there are'nt any.

 

[idune]

Iran uncovers plots in presidential election

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:56:09 GMT

Iran's Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei
Iran's Intelligence Ministry has uncovered 'terrorist' plots targeting the country's security and stability during the presidential election.

"The ministry has dismantled the groups involved in such activities and has arrested almost all group-members in two stages," IRNA quoted Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei on Wednesday.

He said that the plots included bomb attacks on several sites in Iran, adding that those behind such activities were linked with "the Zionist and non-Zionist regimes outside the county."

One of the targets, Mohseni-Ejei said, was the holy shrine of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini. After the plot was foiled, the assailant detonated the bomb outside the shrine and "a number of people have been arrested regarding the suicide bombing," he added.

The Intelligence Ministry and the police also seized a group who were planning terrorist activities in the East of the country and confiscated their equipment.

"The police also captured another group, which planned to carry out a terrorist act in the city of Tabriz when one of the presidential candidates wanted to make a speech there," he explained.

"Some other terrorist groups in the south of the country especially in Ahvaz were identified and nabbed before they could carry out any activities," he went on to say.

According to the intelligence minister, the US and some western countries were aiming to achieve unrest in Iran's elections atmosphere.

When asked by a reporter about the arrest of foreign spies working under the guise of reporters, Mohseni-Ejei said, "Anybody who embarks on espionage activity in the country will be arrested. A foreign reporter has so far been nabbed and another one has been questioned and his things were confiscated."

The Iranian government has arrested a reporter working for the Newsweek and another one working for the Washington Times.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspxid=98931&sectionid=351020101

 

[Vassnti]

All the distractions make no difference.

The people of Iran are being shot and beaten for walking the streets of Tehran and having an opinion that is different from the goverments.
Calling journalists spies, beating false confession from students and preventing familes from mouring their slain children wont change reality.

Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Iran's Neda killing 'was illegal'

 

[idune]

Bold (in blue) portion of the report highlights how rumor was spread to instigate violence.

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8 Basijis shot dead during Tehran unrest

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:23:08 GMT

Iran's security forces
Twenty people including, eight Basij members, have been killed during the post-election unrest in Tehran, Iranian officials say.

All the Basij members were killed by gunfire, indicating that there were gunmen fomenting unrest among protesters, the officials said.

The volunteer Basij forces were among the main targets of the rioters during the recent protests in Tehran.

Iranian police have arrested a rioter who attacked an unarmed Basiji member during the post-election protests in Tehran.

The rioter says he attacked the man because he had been provoked by bad news on the death of a student called Mohsen Imani.

Some reports had said five students, including Imani, were killed when police and Basiji forces stormed Tehran University's dormitories last Sunday.

Mohsen Imani, however, is alive and says he was not in the dormitory at the time.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspxid=98984&sectionid=351020101