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Tit for tat: daughter of former Iranian president arrested |
2009-06-21 |
Iranian state television says authorities have arrested the daughter of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani together with four other family members for taking part in unauthorized protest rallies. The arrests were made late Saturday. Sunday's report by Iran's official English language TV does not identify the four other family members or give more details. State TV has shown pictures of Faezeh Hashemi, Rafsanjani's eldest daughter, speaking to hundreds of opposition supporters last week. Rafsanjani has made no secret of his distaste for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose re-election victory in a June 12 vote was disputed by opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Ahmadinejad has accused Rafsanjani and his family of corruption. |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#4 "If a day comes when the world of Islam is duly equipped with the arms Israel has in possession, the strategy of colonialism would face a stalemate because application of an atomic bomb would not leave any thing in Israel but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world" I would certainly welcome a successful overthrow of the Islamic Republic by the Iranian people. The possibility remains however that all of this is just a power grab by one faction of the Mousavi et al don't deny the Holocaust of the 1930s and 40s, they just want to complete it. Let's hope for the best but let's also be cautious and be prepared for the worst! |
Posted by: Knuckles Ulinesing2882 2009-06-21 18:30 |
#3 From the Random House WebsiteBoth tit and tat are archaic words meaning 'a light blow'. The entire expression thus means 'a blow for a blow', like 'an eye for an eye'. Both words were used as verbs, too: a popular song of the late sixteenth century had a refrain, "Come tit me, come tat me,/Come throw a kiss at me." |
Posted by: cingold 2009-06-21 15:09 |
#2 Er, tattoo? So that'd be tat on tit, like at a strip joint... |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2009-06-21 13:30 |
#1 um. what's a "tat"? |
Posted by: Angealing Fillmore8510 2009-06-21 12:17 |