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Twittering in Tehran
Will:
I guess that about sums it up, thanks.
Reed:
I have an Iranian friend who is a student in the US. She just posted this on facebook, and I thought I would share it:
--- Quote ---My mom and brother were beaten today. Tear gas and pepper spray nearly made them blind-they cannot see clearly. Their faces are burnt. My friend Amir Hossein, was brutally beaten by 10 guards, he passed out, blood coming from his ears. One of our neighborhood boys`head was smashed in Kamranieh by Basij`s club. He died. He was 20.
My sister, an intern in Shohadah(martyrs) hospital in Tajrish, could not find her last night protest patients in the morning session. No one knows their whereabouts.
"Those who say this is like the 1979 revolution, come see...Shah was not nearly half brutal as this regime. Shah`s soldiers at least were our countrymen-Quoran in trembling hands of a girl would make them pause for a moment before shooting her in the face, " said my mom. She believes some of these forces are not Iranian. She got that when she was trying to drag Amir Hossein from under their boots.
"We had guns when we protested against Shah-we would shoot back," she said, "but these people`s hands are empty..."
My brother took the injured in his car to Imam Khomeini hospital. No one would let them in. People brought whatever first aid they could find from their homes, but they did not know how to stop blood gushing out of a neck.
my eyes well, I scream, I curse,...
They are anything but sad-" Maryam, wish you were there today to see it with your own eyes. The helicopters fire. People disperse for a few minutes, hold those shot, rise up tall. Our hands with green bands make a fist. We chant louder and louder; Allaho Akbar! Death to the Dictator! "
They are tired. Their voices are scratchy. They are wounded. They are proud.
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Patrick:
Jesus. That's absolutely terrifying. And heartbreaking. I don't even know what else to say.
nobo:
--- Quote from: Will on 25 Jun 2009, 06:59 ---Off-topic; Nobo, do you post on Fark, or just lurk?
I have to admit, other than a few sweeping generalizations, I'm not up on this situation as much as I'd like to be. Can anyone recommend a solid starting point for some one to get a good recap of what's been going down?
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I just lurk.
Check out the first two or three posts here: http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4468747&startid=52202557 and you'll get a pretty good recap of whats going on. I tried to copy paste it but I exceeded the 20,000 character limit.The revolution lives on. Long live the revolution!
SilentJ:
--- Quote from: Patrick on 25 Jun 2009, 04:37 ---The fact that people on the inside and on the outside can talk to people who are just like them, who want to help, is also going to be a huge step in terms of relations with Iran. It's good for Iran to see that we're not out to get them, and it's good for people at least in the States to see that Iranians aren't as batshit as Ahmedinejad's example would have us believe.
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I feel like that was a small part of the driving force to get Obama into office; to completely distance our country from the image of Bush in power, which seemed to be the country's image as a whole to the outside world; with a man like Obama in power, the rest of the world can see how far the land has come in a short time. And I agree, it's very nice to know that there is a (somewhat) steady exchange of reliable info into/out of the country, and I wish them the best in their efforts.
--- Quote from: Patrick on 25 Jun 2009, 15:06 ---Jesus. That's absolutely terrifying. And heartbreaking. I don't even know what else to say.
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Yeah, that's... beyond anything I can imagine. Reed, give your friend the best from us all, and wish her to pass that sentiment on to her family.
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