Monday, September 21, 2009

Iran street protests reappear

Opposition leader Moussavi [black suit, with glasses], attacked during Friday's protests in Iran

Iranian Opposition Turns Anti-Israel Rally into Anti-Regime Rally

Tens of thousands of opposition protesters swarmed the streets of Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan Friday, turning an annual rally in support of the Palestinians into the first major demonstration against the government of President Ahmadinejad in six weeks.

"I'll sacrifice my life for Iran," chanted protesters in the capital.

State-controlled Iranian television showed thousands of Quds Day attendees holding posters of Lebanese Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah and chanting "Death to Israel," but the opposition stole the day.
(Chicago Tribune)


Activists Unite Ahead of UN Parley -Hilary Leila Krieger

When Iranian President Ahmadinejad is in New York this week, he will face an unprecedented coalition of Jewish, Iranian, labor, African-American and other activists demonstrating against his regime.

His government's brutal crackdown on dissidents has led many progressive Jews to take a more aggressive stance on Iran and helped ally non-Jewish groups with campaigns against the Iranian regime.
(Jerusalem Post)
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