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IRAN ERUPTS? [Kathryn Jean Lopez - National Review]

 
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:37 pm    Post subject: IRAN ERUPTS? [Kathryn Jean Lopez - National Review] Reply with quote

IRAN ERUPTS? [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Secondhand, from an Iranian:

I am listening to KRSI (Radio Sedaye Iran) right now. There are many Iranians calling (from Tehran, and Gorgan, etc.).

All reports indicate that almost every neighborhood in Tehran is on fire. People are throwing home-made bombs, Molotov cocktails, etc. into the homes of mullahs, and burning pictures of Khamenei in complete defiance of his recent edict to mourn during the month of Muharram.

Background: Khamenei delivered a declaration (not really a fatwa, although some say it was) to Iranians to honor the month of Muharram, which started about two weeks ago, and to mourn and not have any parties of merriment. Well, the problem is that the Iranian New Year (Nowrouz), March 20th (totally non-religious and cultural event -- although Zoroastrian in origin) falls in the middle of this, and Iranians were enraged about this edict.

Tomorrow is the last Wednesday of the Iranian calendar year (called Chahar Shanbeh soori), and traditionally Iranians burn small bonfires and jump over them and celebrate the ending of the old year and welcome the new.

As a measure of defiance of Khamenei's Islamic Rule, and in celebration of ancient (non-Islamic) Persian customs, Iranians have taken to the streets in complete defiance of Khamenei's edict, saying that they will 'burn the mullahs out of their homes'. They are celebrating Chahar Shanbeh Soori. There are huge bonfires, bomb-throwing, merriment and the welcoming of the last days of the mullahcracy. In their own way Iranians are making a huge statement.

You can listen to the news yourself (in Farsi of course) everyone is very happy and celebrating defying the mullahs and burning of Khamenei's picture and trying to burn all mullah's houses. There are people calling from all over Tehran, from Gorgan, and northern provinces... It is amazing!



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

K-Lo, good to see you here! I'm glad you posted that link in your column, too. Isn't it a remarkable achievement that CNN, BBC, and the rest of the liberal media are managing to pretend Iran doesn't exist? The mind boggles.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From NRO Corner:

PROTESTING IRANIANS [Rick Brookhiser]
These are the bravest people on earth; God bless them. We haven't seen anything like this since the Gdansk ship yard workers almost 25 years ago

BYE BYE MULLAHS [John Derbyshire]

Kathryn: Tremendous news from Iran. God help the protesters. Let's pray this will not be another Tiananmen.

This works both ways with Iraq.

(1) A liberalizing of Iran will damp down calls for extremism among Iraq's Shiites.

(2) The liberation of Iraq must surely have been a factor in this uprising. My guess is that something of the sort would have happened anyway, but it sure can't have hurt to see Saddam go down, and to know that the U.S. armed forces were just over the border in strength.


BUSH ADMIN TO IRAN ON WEAPONS-INSPECTION SUSPENSION [KJL]

AP:
State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said, "It's time to come clean fully, unequivocally and completely."
Next, let's hope, some more words of support for the Iranian people.
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