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[Short Current Essays] Recent events in Teheran, at least for those more excited by quick similarity than by more distant analysis, remain detached from recent events in our own country. After all, those suspicious Muslims crowding into the streets or chanting “Allah Akbar”

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[Vote for Iran] Live from Mosala in Tehran - Vote for Iran: People are filming from their windows and chanting Allah-o Akbar. They are booing the police. Girls are screaming and car horns are honking. People are chanting Ya Hussein, Mir-Hussein. The plain clothes militia are chanting Down with ...

[Tehran Bureau» - Tehran Bureau] Friday Prayers (Updates) - Tehran Bureau: We would only repeat the Allah o Akbar we were invited to chant. No one felt like saying Death to America or any of the other stuff.

[UNHCR | Refworld | Latest Updates] UNHCR | Refworld | A New Kind of Protest: Finally, they moved to a bus station and pretended to be passengers, massing before walking down Vali-asr Street while chanting "Allah-o Akbar". People in cars honked in support as the procession grew and the chanting of "Death to the dictator" and "Free political prisoners" increased.

[Iran Tehran News] The Unconstitutional Un-Islamic Republic of Iran | Iran Tehran News: While the Islamic Revolution may have begun with a solid liberation theology, it quickly discarded that theology and the legitimacy that came with it when it began to force its distorted version of Islam onto the Iranian people. As a result, it has been the allegedly Islamic Republic of Iran itself that has best proven the point that Islam requires a secular state to thrive.

[Why We Protest - IRAN] The Green Brief #51 (August 11 - Mordad 20) - Why We Protest - IRAN: 18. Fars News reports: [Commander of the Basij (volunteer) forces Hojjatoleslam Hossein Taeb here on Tuesday cautioned that enemies of the Islamic Republic have hatched plots to sow seeds of discord among the Iranian nation. Commenting on the recent post-election unrest and developments in Iran, Taeb reiterated, "The enemy stepped into the scene of the presidential election to harness the (Islamic) Revolution and to achieve its goals by means of its agents and elements in Iran".

[Informed Comment] Informed Comment: Eyewitness Account of Friday's Events in Tehran: As we approached the main gates of the university, Ansari's voice (who was giving the first talk of the Friday Prayers) was heard throughout the area from the loudspeakers positioned in Enghelab (there were also loudspeakers lining the east, west, and north of the campus virtually all the way towards Valiasr Square). It was impossible to get to the main gates of the university as the crowd was already too large and the Basij and special forces directed people into side streets.

[Tehran Bureau» - Tehran Bureau] 'God has liberated SMS,' but targets satellite dishes - Tehran Bureau: Tehran’s high-rises, which dominate the skyline, are particularly well suited to house central satellite systems and provide coverage from up high. In recent weeks, officials have struggled to come up with new ways to cope with unwanted signals beaming news from Britain’s BBC Persian Service and the U.S.-funded VOA.

[Dr Nasir Khan] Liv Blogging From Tehran! « Dr Nasir Khan: Rafsanjani is getting teary. “The prophet respected the rights of all those under his rule.” He brings an example from the end of the prophet’s life where the prophet comes to the people and asks that if he ever treated anyone unfairly, they speak up and let him know.

[Tehran Bureau» - Tehran Bureau] The Show Goes On - Tehran Bureau: Ahmad Zeidabadi, a distinguished journalist close to the Nationalist-Religious Coalition and president of the Organization for the University Graduates of Islamic Iran (known in Iran as Advaar-e Tahkim), Shahaboddin Tabatabaei, a member of the central committee of the IIPF and head of the 88 Headquarters, an organization for monitoring the presidential election of June 12, Hedayat Aghaei, a leading member of the Executives of Reconstruction Party [an important reformist group], and Mohammad Javad Emam, a member of the central committee of the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin Organization (IRMO), another leading reformist group. Also present was Clotilde Reiss, a French citizen.

[News: News blog | guardian.co.uk] Iran protests to honour the dead | News | guardian.co.uk: The mourning ceremony took place in block 257 of the cemetery, where Sohrab A'rabi, Neda Agha Soltan and dozens of others killed in the June Tehran turmoil are buried. Although the cemetery is an hour from central Tehran and is hard to reach by public transportation, an incredible number of people attended today's ceremony.

[The Washington Note] Guest Blog: Dispatches from Tehran - The Washington Note: Marq bar diktator!" Unable to move, the vehicles have effectively become the fixed seats of a street theater. With nowhere to go, drivers and their passengers get out, they stand up on the edge of their doors to take pictures with their mobile phones.

[Combined Arms Center Blog] Iran in Crisis: Fanning Flames of Dissent - Reflections from Dr Jack: Security forces fired tear gas and plainclothes militiamen armed with batons charged at crowds of protesters gathered near Tehran University after a Friday prayer sermon delivered by the cleric and opposition supporter Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, his first appearance at the nation's weekly keynote sermon since before the election. Rafsanjani, in a closely watched speech, lashed out at the hard-line camp supporting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, criticized the June 12 election results and promoted several key opposition demands.

[GEMRI.ORG] GEMRI.ORG » Blog Archive » News July 23rd: Mohsen Rohulamini - the son of the former Director of Pasteur Institute in Tehran and a top advisor to Mohsen Rezaie - who was feared to be in detention, has now also been confirmed to have died at Evin. Fahimeh Solahshoor - another protester - is confirmed to have died at a hospital after sustaining head injuries during protests on June 14th.

[By The Fault] By The Fault » Blog Archive » Ahmadinejad Sworn in as President: Another witness said dozens of protesters gathered near Tehran's Bazaar. “They were chanting Allah-u Akbar (God is greatest) and Mousavi we support you.

[Verdecchia Blog] Verdecchia Blog » Blog Archive » Iran Riepilogo Notizie 09/07/2009: At the end of the day in Tehran, people took to the roofs again and started chanting 'Allah o Akbar' and 'Death to the Dictator'. There were reports of Basijis shooting at people on rooftops in some parts of Tehran.

[cinemaelectronica] Report (Tehran) « cinemaelectronica: Though her name, the location, and the cause of her death cannot be confirmed, the video refers to the woman as Neda, Farsi for “the voice” ....The Iranian people are planning to do the same outisde their houses, on their roofs, chanting: “Allah o Akbar.

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