Clerics join Iran's anti-government protests

[madmom]

Source: By Octavia Nasr CNN Senior Editor, Middle East Affairs

In a blatant act of defiance, a group of Mullahs took to the streets of Tehran, to protest election results that returned incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power.

Whether these clerics voted for Ahmadinejad or one of the opposition candidates is unknown. What is important here, is the decision to march against the will of Iran's supreme leader who called the results final and declared demonstrations illegal.

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[Jefferson23]

1. OMG!

[seafan]

2. This revolution will not be stopped.

June 23, 2009


Clerics join Iran's anti-government protests

(CNN) -- A photo showing Iranian clerics prominently participating in an anti-government protest speaks volumes about the new face of Iran's opposition movement.

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On his Web site, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri described government efforts to crackdown on the protests as threatening the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic because it was no longer representing all the people.

Moussavi ally and former president Mohammad Khatami also said in a statement that to "protest in a civil manner... is the definite right of the people and all must respect that."

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Iran will never turn back.

[janx]

3. As long as clerics rule the place, regardless of who they are,

there will never be freedom in Iran.

[grantcart]

4. significant

[ohio2007]

5. only time will tell if this is actually insignificant

The (government run) news on Iran TV

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Is Iran spying on cell phones

time to sift through all those bytes gathered
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