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Friday, September 18, 2009

Qods Day: Khatami attacked by thugs, "Not Gaza, Not Lebanon, We are ready to die for Iran"

ParlemanNews report: The thugs who attacked Mohammad Khatami in today’s Green Qods rally were led by Shariatmadari’s son, Supreme Leader’s representative in Keyhan newspaper (coup government’s propaganda); people resisted the attacks and with police ...interference the thugs had to leave. Karoubi was also among thousands of people marching in main streets of Tehran.

Hamed, Nasser and Hajar Montazeri, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri’s grandchildren, as well as Marziye Elahiniya wife of Hamed Montazeri and Sara Azizi wife of Nasser Montazeri were arrested today when they were participating in Green Qods Day rally.

La’ya Rabani, Daughter of Ayatollah Rabani-Alamshi, as well as her daughter, Zahra Doust-Mohamadi, and Mohammad Hossein Rabani another grandson of Ayatollah were arrested in today’s Green Qods Day rally


Ahmadinejad entered Tehran University in a bullet proof car with full escort and was welcomed by Green protestors chanting “Lier, Lier, where is your 63% vote?”, “Viva Motazeri, Viva Saanei”, “Assault, Torture, will not work anymore.” The coup agents... are trying to overcome people’s chants with loud speakers playing their desired slogans but have no effect because of hundreds of thousands of people’s loud chant.

Eyewitness reports: Khatami was among people during Green Qods Day rally and was attacked by thugs with knives but police interfered so he was not injured. Number of Green protestor is growing by the minute and based on eyewitness reports there are h...undreds of thousands of people marching in main streets of Tehran and other major cities.

According to initial eyewitness reports Green Qods Day rally started moments earlier and thousands of people while carrying Green symbols, wearing green wristbands or shawls, are marching in main streets of Tehran and other big cities. Some of their ...slogans are “God is great”, “Ya Hossein, Mir Hossein”, "Death to the dictators," and "Not Gaza, Not Lebanon, We are ready to die for Iran"

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran security forces clashed with supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi and arrested at least 10 of them during annual anti-Israel rallies in central Tehran on Friday, a witness said.

"Security forces just arrested over 10 people," the witness said. "They are pushing protesters and beating them."

Iranian authorities, including Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had warned the opposition against turning anti-Israel rallies to street protests against the clerical establishment.

Defeated presidential candidates Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi said they would attend the rally.

Thousands of supporters of Mousavi, wearing green wristbands or shawls, were among the crowds marching in the "Qods (Jerusalem) Day" rallies held nationwide every year on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Supporters of hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with reformists during anti-Israel rallies on Friday, a witness said.

"Supporters of Ahmadinejad are beating supporters of (opposition leader Mirhossein) Mousavi near the Vali-ye Asr street (in central Tehran). At least two protesters were injured," the witness said.

Iran's June presidential election, which was followed by huge opposition protests, plunged Iran into political turmoil and exposed deepening divisions within its ruling elites.

The opposition leaders say the poll was rigged to secure Ahmadinejad's re-election. The authorities deny it.

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http://baghdadtobasra.blogspot.com/2009/09/ayatollahs-in-qom-preparing-for.html

Ayatollah Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi is the secretary of the association of Qom Theological Center’s Teachers and Researchers. Last Monday his son was
arrested along with the children of ayatollah Nazemzadeh’ and that of
Mr. Ahmadi, both of whom are members of the center. Prior to that,
ayatollah Montazeri’s grandchildren were arrested. We spoke about these
arrests with ayatollah Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi who interpreted his
son’s arrest in light of the recent events that followed Iran’s June 12
disputed presidential elections.

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