Iran protests: Violence on third day of demonstrations

[Babak]

Some anti-establishment protests happening in Iranian cities have turned violent, video footage shows.

They began three days ago - initially in protest at falling living standards - and are the biggest show of dissent since huge pro-reform rallies in 2009.

Demonstrators have ignored a warning by Iran's interior minister to avoid "illegal gatherings".

Two demonstrators are reported dead in Dorud after sustaining gunshot wounds in a video posted on social media.

Videos filmed elsewhere in the country show protesters setting fire to a police vehicles and there are reports of attacks on government buildings.

What started the protests?
The current protests began in Mashhad on Thursday over living standards and rising food prices, and by Friday had spread to several major cities.

The Iranian authorities are blaming anti-revolutionaries and agents of foreign powers for the outbreak.

Overall, the numbers said to be taking part in demonstrations range from hundreds in some places to thousands in others - but demonstrations do not appear to be taking place on a massive scale.

Slogans have been chanted against both Mr Rouhani and Mr Khamenei, and clerical rule in general.

Demonstrators were reportedly heard on Friday yelling slogans like "The people are begging, the clerics act like God".

There is also anger at Iran's interventions abroad. In Mashhad, some chanted "not Gaza, not Lebanon, my life for Iran", a reference to what protesters say is the administration's focus on foreign rather than domestic issues.

What's happening now?
Much of the information about what is occurring is emerging on social media, making it difficult to confirm anything.

In the town of Abhar in northern Iran, demonstrators have set fire to large banners bearing the picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Meanwhile in Arak in central Iran, protesters have reportedly set fire to the local headquarters of the pro-government Basij militia.

US warns Iran: The world is watching
Iranians protest against high prices
Who are the Basij militia?
In the capital Tehran, large numbers of protesters gathered at Azadi square, BBC Persian reports. A senior Revolutionary Guards' figure in Tehran said the situation in the city was under control.

Demonstrators would be met with "the nation's iron fist" if they continued, Brigadier-General Esmail Kowsari told student news agency ISNA.

In Mashhad, in the north-east, protesters burned police motorcycles in a confrontation caught on video.

There are also numerous reports of people losing internet access on their mobile phones.

In Kermanshah, western Iran, a demonstrator called Makan told BBC Persian that protesters were beaten up "but we couldn't tell if it was the police or the Basij militia".

"I'm not protesting against President Rouhani - and yes he needs to improve the economy - but it's the system that is rotten," he said. "It's the Islamic Republic and its institutions that need reform."


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42524610

[Babak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWhyt4UMU-U


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smtBZlZL9_c


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ2jRllcvgkp

[Pahli]

The government's days are numbered, finally

[adsız]

What is the ethnic structure of those cities demonstrations take place in?

[Babak]

The government's days are numbered, finally

This is bad and good at the same time. Israel and the U.S are jizzing their pants bro lol

[Gold-Shekel]

Why is it News when it is in an enemy country but not when it happens here? I mean last year in France there were some actual actions happening for quite a long time yet you couldn't hear shit on the news.

This is a case of Western medias taking something and blowing it out of proportion.

[Babak]

Why is it News when it is in an enemy country but not when it happens here? I mean last year in France there were some actual actions happening for quite a long time yet you couldn't hear shit on the news.

This is a case of Western medias taking something and blowing it out of proportion.

If the Western Media shows Iranian un-satisfaction with the regime, it will be hard to demonize them in order to legitimize an attack on Iran.

[Gold-Shekel]

If the Western Media shows Iranian un-satisfaction with the regime, it will be hard to demonize them in order to legitimize an attack on Iran.

No, quite the contrary. Westerners do not realize that wars are against people and not systems. They think if a system is bad, you have a green light to bomb the country and destroy civilian infrastructure.

[RN97]

If the Western Media shows Iranian un-satisfaction with the regime, it will be hard to demonize them in order to legitimize an attack on Iran.

It's the opposite. They show dissatisfaction among Iranians with the guvernement= We must bring these people FREEEDHUM AND DHUMOCRACEH!!!
They're trying to demonize the government, not the actual Iranians.

[Dick]

We must bring these people FREEEDHUM AND DHUMOCRACEH!!!
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Exactly. It's going to be another Iraq/Afghanistan/Libya/Egypt/Syria etc. The powers that be should just leave these people alone but unfortunately they have an agenda to fulfill.

[jingorex]

i wish them all the best!

https://caudallure.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/iran-pre-post-1979.jpg

[Babak]

Exactly. It's going to be another Iraq/Afghanistan/Libya/Egypt/Syria etc. The powers that be should just leave these people alone but unfortunately they have an agenda to fulfill.

Iranians already know whats going on with the Israel and U.S situation. They aren't that retarded. In fact, the people protesting have a great disdain for trump despite what he said yesterday.

[Porn Master]

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?231485-Iran-protests&p=4878180#post4878180


double thread

[Gold-Shekel]

https://caudallure.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/iran-pre-post-1979.jpg

How is that a problem?

[zhaoyun]

If the Western Media shows Iranian un-satisfaction with the regime, it will be hard to demonize them in order to legitimize an attack on Iran.

That's twisted logic. It actually gives the green light for an invasion. The propaganda machine can claim that Iranians want their government overthrown and any coalition invading Iran is just helping it's people restore democracy.

The Iranian government are backward retards, but I have a feeling that the CIA, KSA and Mossad are also behind these protests. Either way, bad turn for Iran definitely.

[Pahli]

That's twisted logic. It actually gives the green light for an invasion. The propaganda machine can claim that Iranians want their government overthrown and any coalition invading Iran is just helping it's people restore democracy.

The Iranian government are backward retards, but I have a feeling that the CIA, KSA and Mossad are also behind these protests. Either way, bad turn for Iran definitely.

If everything goes right the government can be removed internally before an invasion takes place.

[Babak]

That's twisted logic. It actually gives the green light for an invasion. The propaganda machine can claim that Iranians want their government overthrown and any coalition invading Iran is just helping it's people restore democracy.

The Iranian government are backward retards, but I have a feeling that the CIA, KSA and Mossad are also behind these protests. Either way, bad turn for Iran definitely.

I keep hearing that they are involved but I'm not sure. People are chanting the same slogans, getting into fights with the police (some have been killed), tearing down posters. I think this is something that was started with the people themselves.

[zhaoyun]

If everything goes right the government can be removed internally before an invasion takes place.

That would be the best case scenario. It's really a tough situation because the Iranian govt is really a piece of shit government, but then so are Iran's enemies.

[Óttar]

If everything goes right the government can be removed internally before an invasion takes place.
People have written about how the current Iranian regime can be overthrown peaceably. What wonders would be unleashed if Iranzamin returns to civilization!

[Dandelion]

An overthrow can happen suddenly and it's hard to pinpoint whether it would happen or not. This also happened suddenly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWIbCtz_Xwk

For the first time did the population see the weakness of the regime they were living under and that just sealed its fate. Those people still risked their lives under the threat of gunfire. But it's hard to tell that can or would happen in Iran.

[zhaoyun]

People have written about how the current Iranian regime can be overthrown peaceably. What wonders would be unleashed if Iranzamin returns to civilization!

Except I can't really see a smooth transition, any type of chaos that arises in Iranian society will be taken advantage of by its enemies. What will likely result will be a disastrous civil war and when Iran is weakened enough, there may be an actual invasion.

[Babak]

Except I can't really see a smooth transition, any type of chaos that arises in Iranian society will be taken advantage of by its enemies. What will likely result will be a disastrous civil war and when Iran is weakened enough, there may be an actual invasion.

Thats what i also predicted. In fact, im convinced that this is what its starting to look like.

[Óttar]

Except I can't really see a smooth transition, any type of chaos that arises in Iranian society will be taken advantage of by its enemies. What will likely result will be a disastrous civil war and when Iran is weakened enough, there may be an actual invasion.

Even though what the US and UK oil interests did with "Old Mossy" was crooked, Iran would've done just fine under the Shah.

[zhaoyun]

Even though what the US and UK oil interests did with "Old Mossy" was crooked, Iran would've done just fine under the Shah.

Yeah. Well, Iran would've remained a semi-colony, but it would've prospered.

[wvwvw]

https://youtu.be/YrezXCPptCI

[wvwvw]

Attacking Police in Iran
Michael S. Rozeff
January 2, 2018
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Reuters has reported attacks on police stations in Iran. Attacks like that occurred in Syria at the outset of that war. They suggest organized rebellious elements or instigators with a planned road map to cause the governing system to fall. Such attacks are not the usual instruments of peaceful protests. They cause the police to use greater force in defense. That makes the state’s forces look repressive, which helps to spiral resistance and chaos upwards, the goal being to create a revolutionary environment. In the Syrian case, suicide bombers also entered the fray, killing police and civilians, even though the Syrian case began with relatively peaceful protests.

I take the attacks on police as evidence that some serious revolutionary instigators are at work stoking the protests. Circumstantial evidence of policy changes in the U.S. preceding the violence does suggest the hidden hands of U.S. and Israeli providing money, guidance and organization to agents provocateurs within Iran. I would not expect “ordinary” economics based protests to attack police and military bases. It would not, however, be surprising for crowds to be brought to a point of chanting anti-regime slogans, as crowds afford individuals with a feeling of courage and anonymity.

Further evidence of U.S. involvement at a deep level is U.S. open support of the protesters. Not only is Trump tweeting on this, but also see this (https://apnews.com/31a56e37ce844b9fbb3bd9ec754d7b2c?utm_campaign=Soci alFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP) article in which Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein makes a number of statements on the record that basically call for regime change in coded language.

[Babak]

Attacking Police in Iran
Michael S. Rozeff
January 2, 2018
FacebookTwitterShare

Reuters has reported attacks on police stations in Iran. Attacks like that occurred in Syria at the outset of that war. They suggest organized rebellious elements or instigators with a planned road map to cause the governing system to fall. Such attacks are not the usual instruments of peaceful protests. They cause the police to use greater force in defense. That makes the state’s forces look repressive, which helps to spiral resistance and chaos upwards, the goal being to create a revolutionary environment. In the Syrian case, suicide bombers also entered the fray, killing police and civilians, even though the Syrian case began with relatively peaceful protests.

I take the attacks on police as evidence that some serious revolutionary instigators are at work stoking the protests. Circumstantial evidence of policy changes in the U.S. preceding the violence does suggest the hidden hands of U.S. and Israeli providing money, guidance and organization to agents provocateurs within Iran. I would not expect “ordinary” economics based protests to attack police and military bases. It would not, however, be surprising for crowds to be brought to a point of chanting anti-regime slogans, as crowds afford individuals with a feeling of courage and anonymity.

Further evidence of U.S. involvement at a deep level is U.S. open support of the protesters. Not only is Trump tweeting on this, but also see this (https://apnews.com/31a56e37ce844b9fbb3bd9ec754d7b2c?utm_campaign=Soci alFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP) article in which Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein makes a number of statements on the record that basically call for regime change in coded language.

Doubt it. Same shit happened in 2010 and 1988. The only difference is that this one has more people. People are simply sick and fucking tired of being treated like shit for 40 years.

[wvwvw]

What started the protests?
The current protests began in Mashhad on Thursday over living standards and rising food prices, and by Friday had spread to several major cities.

Except it's no true that the Iranian economy is deteriorating.

https://i0.wp.com/analyst.gr/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/567.png?ssl=1

Iranian inflation is lower than in the past years, and so is unemployement, normal figures and lower than before.

https://i1.wp.com/analyst.gr/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/568.png?ssl=1

This is probably another "Orange revolution" sponsored by the U.S.

[NSXD60]

Well, that's what happens when you spend more on kabooms than kebabs.

[Babak]

Except it's no true that the Iranian economy is deteriorating.

https://i0.wp.com/analyst.gr/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/567.png?ssl=1

Iranian inflation is lower than in the past years, and so is unemployement, normal figures and lower than before.

https://i1.wp.com/analyst.gr/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/568.png?ssl=1

This is probably another "Orange revolution" sponsored by the U.S.

Mullahs never gave back any retirement money back to the people who worked for the past 50 years.

[wvwvw]

Anyway I just hope that Iran doesn't end up like Iraq, Syria or Libya.

[Kamal900]

Anyway I just hope that Iran doesn't end up like Iraq, Syria or Libya.

With the (((neocons))) and the Jewish oligarchs that are controlling America, yes, they will turn up like those countries.
https://dailystormer.red/death-toll-in-iran-reaches-at-least-20/

[Babak]

Protests are over, but people are even more fucked. Death penalties are already happening.

[Teutone]

Would another revolution even be good to Iran?

Iran is slowly becoming the most influencial regional power in the middle east, the economy seem to get back on track and its important to keep and balance against western influence in the region.

These protests seem to be alot like back in the Ukraine, its another way of western regime change.

[Gold-Shekel]

Would another revolution even be good to Iran?

Iran is slowly becoming the most influencial regional power in the middle east, the economy seem to get back on track and its important to keep and balance against western influence in the region.

These protests seem to be alot like back in the Ukraine, its another way of western regime change.

Revolutions in Iran are successful when people actually want them. I think it wouldn't be good, at least not now as it would derail any progress they have made and are making. Many people say they're a terrorist country and are dangerous to Israel, but they're confusing Iran and the Saudi Kingdom of Arabia.

[Pahli]

Revolutions in Iran are successful when people actually want them. I think it wouldn't be good, at least not now as it would derail any progress they have made and are making. Many people say they're a terrorist country and are dangerous to Israel, but they're confusing Iran and the Saudi Kingdom of Arabia.

When it comes to international terrorist funding, the following countries top it:

1. Saudi Arabia
2. Qatar
3. NATO countries such as USA, UK, Turkey ... (if not today they have been worse in previous events)
...

Iran is below these countries, lets say Iran wasn't an Islamic shithole, they wouldn't even be near them lol

[Teutone]

When it comes to international terrorist funding, the following countries top it:

1. Saudi Arabia
2. Qatar
3. NATO countries such as USA, UK, Turkey ... (if not today they have been worse in previous events)
...

Iran is below these countries, lets say Iran wasn't an Islamic shithole, they wouldn't even be near them lol

Iran and shiities are the first in Frontline fighting Terrorist like ISIS in Syria and Iraq. While the West was actively funding Al Quada linked groups like Al-Nusra, and Turkey even had oil trades with ISIS.

[JohnSmith]

Iran and shiities are the first in Frontline fighting Terrorist like ISIS in Syria and Iraq. While the West was actively funding Al Quada linked groups like Al-Nusra, and Turkey even had oil trades with ISIS.

The Middle East is all sorts of screwed up.

[Teutone]

The Middle East is all sorts of screwed up.

Pretty much thanks to NATO and Saudi Arabia.

[Gold-Shekel]

When it comes to international terrorist funding, the following countries top it:

1. Saudi Arabia
2. Qatar
3. NATO countries such as USA, UK, Turkey ... (if not today they have been worse in previous events)
...

Iran is below these countries, lets say Iran wasn't an Islamic shithole, they wouldn't even be near them lol

I don't see Iran as an Islamic shithole, I mean it still is churning out more educated people than most other Muslim countries. All the Iranians I know have some kind of degree. Plus, apart from Hezbollah (which really is a paramilitary group that does war in a conventional way) I don't see any groups being supported by Iran, even with crazy claims from the USA.

I think it is demonized more than it deserves by the West mostly for economical reasons.

[JohnSmith]

I consider Iranians to be my cousins. I would do what I can to support them against their awful regime. Persians are my brothers.

[Babak]

I don't see Iran as an Islamic shithole, I mean it still is churning out more educated people than most other Muslim countries. All the Iranians I know have some kind of degree. Plus, apart from Hezbollah (which really is a paramilitary group that does war in a conventional way) I don't see any groups being supported by Iran, even with crazy claims from the USA.

I think it is demonized more than it deserves by the West mostly for economical reasons.

Israel and the U.S don't want Iranians to be a superpower.

[Kamal900]

Israel and the U.S don't want Iranians to be a superpower.

Indeed. The Iranians are the ones that are cleaning up the mess that was caused by the Sunnis and their ZOG masters of Capitol Hill which infuriates Israel.

[Bosniensis]

What do Persians want out of this revolution? Democracy?

[Babak]

What do Persians want out of this revolution? Democracy?

Freedom.

[Bosniensis]

Freedom.

Lol


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[Babak]

Lol


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What

[Pahli]

You are a Med, so they are all your cousins.

He doesn't look Med but like a gypsy


Indeed. The Iranians are the ones that are cleaning up the mess that was caused by the Sunnis and their ZOG masters of Capitol Hill which infuriates Israel.

Khamenei and all his assistants should be shot instantly. KSA is most likely also funding Sunni terrorists in Iran to start some kind of civil war, what I hope happens is that the government is overthrown, anyone associated and consciously took a part of it should be shot to death, then destroy any religious influence that took place the last 40 years.

The only way to fully stop terrorism in the Middle East is to take down those rich wahhabi / salafi cunts sitting in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

[Fractal]

You are a Med, so they are all your cousins.

These are not my cousins. And the only feature I'd share with Meds is the gracile body type.

Also lol at the Kurd above saying I look gypsy, as if that's even an insult in the USA. Looking middle eastern on the other hand truly is, no one cares about romas here or hates them.

https://img.memecdn.com/happy-norooz-fellow-iranians-or-iranian-americans_o_2972663.jpg

[Pahli]

These are not my cousins. And the only feature I'd share with Meds is the gracile body type.

Also lol at the Kurd above saying I look gypsy, as if that's even an insult in the USA. Looking middle eastern on the other hand truly is, no one cares about romas here or hates them.

https://img.memecdn.com/happy-norooz-fellow-iranians-or-iranian-americans_o_2972663.jpg

I should say sorry to Romas for insulting them when calling you gypsy looking, you are worse xD

And apparently I don't look MENA so idk what kind of retarded argument you are going to use on me

[Kamal900]

He doesn't look Med but like a gypsy



Khamenei and all his assistants should be shot instantly. KSA is most likely also funding Sunni terrorists in Iran to start some kind of civil war, what I hope happens is that the government is overthrown, anyone associated and consciously took a part of it should be shot to death, then destroy any religious influence that took place the last 40 years.

The only way to fully stop terrorism in the Middle East is to take down those rich wahhabi / salafi cunts sitting in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of the current government of Iran, but the US and other countries shouldn't be meddling with the affairs of other countries for them to install a puppet regime in the country. Not to mention that some of these protesters aren't even Iranians to begin with either.
http://www.renegadetribune.com/mainstream-media-suddenly-praising-trump-wants-war-iran/

It is important to point out that the protests in Iran are hardly peaceful and definitely not comprised of 100 percent Iranian citizens. The ZOG Murica just want to topple down the regime of Iran for them to place a puppet dictator like what they did in Libya and tried to do in Syria.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bor91DNWZbc

[Babak]

These are not my cousins. And the only feature I'd share with Meds is the gracile body type.

Also lol at the Kurd above saying I look gypsy, as if that's even an insult in the USA. Looking middle eastern on the other hand truly is, no one cares about romas here or hates them.

https://img.memecdn.com/happy-norooz-fellow-iranians-or-iranian-americans_o_2972663.jpg

Lol gone

[Gold-Shekel]

Iran should not be destroyed, it is the only thing keeping Sunni extremists from destroying and taking over Israel. Iran, while not an ally is still a great Nation and should be treated as such, basing our hopes on an alliance with rich bedouins (Sauds) will only lead to a downfall.