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HOPI Protest Iranian Embassy![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A militant lively protest Hands off the People of Iran held a very successful demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy in Dublin last Saturday, 20 June. We will continue our protest this coming Saturday 27 June at 2pm, Central Bank, Dame Street Dublin. The demonstration began at 1pm, at the same time that people were taking to the streets of Tehran in defiance of the oppressive state forces. A number of Iranian activists joined us as well as members of Irish left wing groups and campaigns. We chanted slogans in support of the struggle and called for the overthrow of the Islamic republic. We also made clear in our speeches and slogans that we are against any imperialist intervention in Iran – any US attempt at regime change from above must be opposed. The hell holes created by imperialism in Afghanistan and Iraq are examples of the terrible devastation wrought by imperialism. |
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Jump To Comment: 3 2 1Some photos from the demo at the embassy last weekend.
Long the article is and its certainly sourced but it tells us nothing new. We all know that the CIA et al have funded some Iranian opposiotion groups but there is nothing in the article which gives any credibility to the notion that the CIA & Mossad have gotten millions of people onto the streets.
No, this is a genuine uprising of ordinary people whose protests now threaten the very existence of the Theocracy. Oil and Transport workers have now called for a General Strike. Everyone who believes in democracy should be supporting these protests against the Iranian Dictatorship.
Interesting (long) and comprehensively sourced article.
Following the announcement of victory for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his main opponent Mir Hossein Mousavi in Iran’s presidential election on June 12, the country erupted in turmoil as supporters of Mousavi flocked to the streets to protest what they claimed was a fraudulent election, while state security and militia forces cracked down on dissenters, sometimes violently. Iran claimed that the unrest was being fueled by foreign interference, a charge reported but generally dismissed in Western media accounts. But there is ample reason to believe that the U.S. likely had a hand in fomenting the chaos that has since plagued the country many commentators have compared to the 1979 revolution that overthrew the Shah.
http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/06/23/has-the-...tion/