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| Iran opposition prepares for new demonstrations |
| 2009-12-06 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iranian opposition groups are preparing to hold fresh protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, several websites reported, as the nation marks the annual Students Day. The elite Revolutionary Guards and other authorities have warned they will crack down on any attempt by regime opponents to hijack the event to mount further demonstrations against Ahmadinejad's hotly disputed June re-election. Every year on December 7, Tehran campuses mark the 1953 killing by the shah's security forces of three students, just months after a US-backed coup toppled the popular prime minister Mohammad Mossadeq. Opposition protesters have already taken advantage of a number of regime-sponsored events to organize demonstrations on the streets. On Nov. 4, when Iran marks the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy by radical students, thousands of protesters shouting "death to the dictator" clashed with security forces in central Tehran, who made more than 12D arrests. On Sept.18, opposition protestors mixed with the massive crowds who marched through Tehran on the annual Quds Day display of solidarity with the Palestinians. Several opposition websites have carried calls for new demonstrations near the main university campuses on Monday, although the two main opposition leaders -- Ahmadinejad's defeated challengers Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi -- have not joined the calls. Petitions have been circulating on campuses calling on the two men to take part, student websites reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION ISRAEL NN > HARVARD SIMULATION: US WILL FAIL TO STOP TO IRAN NUKES, precipitating a serious US-ISRAELI CRISIS in relations. The US will contin to ask Iran to stop dev nukes or not use its nukes. POTUS BAMMER TO GET A COPY OF THE SIMULATION FINDINGS FOR REVIEW. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-06 19:22 |