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Times Online – Thousands march in Iran opposition protests

By: Nasser Karimi – The Assocated Press… berichtet ausführlich mit Bilder aus von heutiger Demnstrationen in Iran…

Hard-liners attacked senior pro-reform leaders in the streets as tens of thousands marched in competing mass demonstrations by the opposition and government supporters. Opposition protesters, chanting “death to the dictator,” hurled stones and bricks in clashes with security forces firing tear gas.

The opposition held its first major street protests since mid-July, with marchers decked out in green _ the reform movement’s color _ waving V-for-victory signs on major boulevards in the capital.

In some cases on several blocks away, larger crowds marched in government-sponsored rallies marking an annual anti-Israel commemoration, waving pictures of Iran’s supreme leader and president and placards denouncing the Jewish state.    Mehr hier…

Der Ball ist rund – das Regime eckig

Bei ein Fußballspiel im Anschluß an die große Demonstration scheint es immense technische Schwierigkeiten gegeben zu haben. Twittermeldungen sprechen von einem Reporter, der sich entschuldigt, daß die einzige Fernsehkamera im Stadion kaputt sei, weswegen das Spiel ohne Bilder nur kommentiert wurde – offensichtlich auch ohne O-Ton. Da werden nicht nur die Schals grün, sondern wohl auch die Fangesänge ungehörig gewesen sein.

Dazu passend aus dem Kommentar der Times: In recent weeks the regime has quietly cancelled other public events like the commemoration of Imam Ali’s death at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. During August it moved three big football matches out of Tehran, or had them played behind closed doors.

Schönheiten der Macht (bzw. Exmacht)

Kleine Bildergalerie vom “Al-Quds-Tag

Der neue Bluthund (Justizchefchef Laridjani)

Faceoff Rooze Ghods Iran Tehran

Hattip: Shayla und Nasrin

Motorcycles set on fire Iran Tehran

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Ruze Ghods Iran Tehran (2)

Hattip: Shayla und Nasrin

Die Ignoranten Hotelier und das Brillante Aktionsergebnis von „United Against Nuclear“!

Raus mit dem Achmed: A’jad gets heave-ho from Helmsley Hotel

NEW YORK POST - By CARL CAMPANILE

No vacancy!

The New York Helmsley Hotel last night abruptly canceled a long-planned banquet for next week after finding out that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was scheduled to attend and speak, The Post has learned.

Helmsley representatives told Ahmadinejad to beat it after being informed by the security group United Against Nuclear Iran that the Israel-hating, Holocaust-denying America basher was going to be in the house next Thursday.

Helmsley execs were unaware that Ahmadinejad — who will be in town for a meeting of the UN General Assembly next week — was involved in the event until informed by UANI yesterday.

An Iranian student group had booked the space months ago, said Howard Rubenstein, spokesman for Helmsley Properties.

“As soon as Helmsley corporate management learned of the possibility of either the Iranian Mission or President Ahmadinejad holding a function at the New York Helmsley Hotel, they immediately ordered the cancellation of that function,” Rubenstein said.

“Neither the Iranian Mission nor President Ahmadinejad is welcome at any Helmsley facility. The Helmsley organization is grateful to United Against Nuclear Iran for bringing this matter to its attention so that appropriate action could be taken.”

UANI applauded the New York Helmsley’s move.

7 Tir Sq Rooze Ghods Iran Tehran

Hattip: Shayla und Nasrin

Rooze Ghods Iran Tehran

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Keshavarz Blv Rooze Ghods Iran Tehran

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Iran – Tehran’s today protests

Hattip: Shayla und Nasrin

Rooze Ghods Iran Shiraz 18 September 2009

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Stichpunktartiger Inhalt:

-Marg bar diktator

-der Song “Yar e dabestani” (bisher nur auf Protesten ausserhalb Irans gehört, jetzt sogar im Iran)

-Freiheit politischer iranischer Gefangener
-Widerstand auf besondere Art:
-Immer wieder ruft der “Leader”: Marg bar Amrika
-Die Leute erwidern: Marg bar Russie

-Leader: Marg bar Israel
-Die Leute: Marg bar Russie

Weitere Texte und Videos zu den Geschehnissen heute und gestern

Hattip: Shayla

Protesters chant ‘death to dictator’ at annual Tehran rally

Thousands of people gather for annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally in Tehran

Opposition supporters chanted to “death to the dictator,” witnesses said

Witnesses heard regime supporters chanting pro-government slogans

This year’s rally particularly tense following disputed presidential election

(CNN) — Large crowds gathered in the Iranian capital Friday to march in an annual pro-Palestinian rally, among them thousands of green-clad supporters of the opposition movement, according to CNN sources in Tehran.

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Nuclear Watchdog says Iran can make a Bomb

Vertuschen ist ansteckend: Mr. El-Barsdei redt oft so mal so!

derStandard.at – IAEO-Experten: Teheran zum Bau von Atomwaffen in der Lage

In Entwicklung befindliches Raketensystem sei mit nuklearen Sprengköpfen bestückbar – Offenbar “geheimer Anhang” aus von ElBaradei zurückgehaltenem Bericht bekannt geworden

Wien – Experten der Internationalen Atomenergie-Organisation (IAEO bzw. IAEA) sehen den Iran nach Informationen der Nachrichtenagentur AP in der Lage, eine Atombombe zu bauen. Der Iran sei zudem auf dem Weg, ein Raketensystem zu entwickeln, das mit Atomsprengköpfen bestückt werden könnte, heißt es in einem Geheimbericht, welcher der AP am Donnerstag in Wien bekanntwurde. Das Dokument ist der bisher deutlichste Hinweis dafür, dass ranghohe IAEO-Mitglieder die US-Ansichten über die atomaren Fähigkeiten Teherans teilen.

Bei dem Dokument könnte es sich um den “geheimen Anhang” eines Berichts handeln, von dem Washington sagt, er werde von IAEO-Generaldirektor Mohamed ElBaradei zurückgehalten. In dem Dokument heißt es, es gebe “hinreichende Information” darüber, dass der Iran eine Atombombe bauen könnte. Probleme bei der Entwicklung einer mit Atomsprengköpfen bestückten Raketentechnologie werde der Iran demnächst überwinden können, hieß es weiter.

Der Iran wird seit Jahren verdächtigt, unter dem Deckmantel eines zivilen Atomprogramms am Bau von Nuklearwaffen zu arbeiten.I n der vergangenen Woche hatte der Iran der Sechsergruppe aus den fünf Vetomächten im UNO-Sicherheitsart (USA, Frankreich, Großbritannien, China und Russland) sowie Deutschland ein Gesprächsangebot unterbreitet, eine Debatte über sein umstrittenes Atomprogramm aber ausgeschlossen. Die Sechser-Gruppe beharrt dagegen darauf, dass das Atomprogramm im Zentrum der Verhandlungen stehen müsse. (APA/AP)

Iran Tehran Protestors chanting Death to dictator in metro, Ghods Protest

Iran protest , CNN report 2, Ghods Protest

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Neuigkeiten von “EYE on Iran NEWS”

United Against Nuclear Iran — a bipartisan group whose founders include Obama special Afghanistan envoy Richard Holbrooke and Middle East aide Dennis Ross — says the InterContinental The Barclay New York hotel is housing Ahmadinejad and the Iran delegation during the 64th UN General Assembly beginning next Tuesday.

The group said businesses in New York shouldn’t be taking “blood money” from an evil leader who sponsors terrorism, seeks nuclear arms, and dreams of destroying Israel.

“Jimmy Carter: What I’ve Learned”

Originally published in the January 2005 issue

The former president on how everyone can strive for the nation’s highest office, plus his thoughts on the Iraq war, religion, and more

By Cal Fussman — As a boy on the farm, I stayed barefoot from the middle of March until the middle of October.

I never have been asked to take off my shoes when I go through airport security.

There’s a cartoon in the other room that goes back to when I announced that I was going to run for president. It was in one of the Georgia newspapers. C’mon, let me show you. See, there’s me carrying a sign announcing my candidacy. And right in front of me is the devil carrying a snowball.

I was in the Navy for eleven years. Except for Dwight Eisenhower, I had more service in the military than any president since Ulysses Grant.

“The Latest on Bombing or Talking to Iran”

The Opinionator – By Eric Etheridge

Let’s start with the bombing. Ace at Ace of Spades HQ points to a Jerusalem Post story today in which a former Israeli official floats a conditional timeline for bombing Iran.

Israel will be compelled to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities if Western powers do not impose serious sanctions against Teheran by the end of 2009, former deputy defense minister Ephraim Sneh said on Wednesday.

He also points to a second Post story, a report on Nicholas Sarkozy’s comments earlier today on the true goal of Iran’s nuclear program. “It is a certainty to all of our secret services,” said the French President. “Iran is working today on a nuclear [weapons] program.”

Michael Ledeen excerpts those sentences and a few more from Sarkozy’s remarks, and swoons: “He really has his moments, doesn’t he? And he’s really got an intelligence service . . . sigh.”

Jeffrey Goldberg picks up another remark from an AFP story, which reported that Sarkozy “said he would not ’shake the hand of someone who wants to wipe Israel off the map’, referring to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.”

Back to Goldberg:

Aktuelle Updates

Wie an Tagen wie diesem üblich verfolgt enduringamerica das Geschehen in Teheran und bietet Übersetzungen aus den persischen Medien und andere Updates.

Na, da kann man doch nicht Nein sagen!

80 Political Parties Ask Supreme Leader To Deliver Qods Day Sermon – Protest Movement Leaders Will Participate In Qods Day Ceremonies

Over 80 Iranian political parties have asked Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to deliver the main sermon for Qods (Jerusalem) Day, tomorrow, September 18, instead of Ahmad Khatami and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in order to prevent unrest among the public.

Protest movement leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, Mohammad Khatami, and Hassan Khomeini (the grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini) have announced that they and their supporters will participate in Qods Day ceremonies, as a sign of their opposition to all forms of oppression and violence.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that they will deal harshly with disturbances of the peace.

Sources (via MEMRI): Fararu, Etamaad, Fars, Iran, 17, September 2009; Rouydadnews, Iran, 15. September 2009

MEMRI-Kurzmeldungen

Another Judge Shot In Iran

Basij Promotes Anti-Israel Propaganda

Iranian Air Force Deputy Cmdr: Aerial Tactics Will ‘Surprise’ Invaders

Iranian Official: Qods Day A Display of Islam’s Might Against Zionists

Iran To Stage Large Air Show To Mark Holy Defense Week

Gelungene Karikatur!

Cartoon In Saudi Daily: Iran Plays Chess –Reformists Have No Player

Cartoonist: Jihad ‘Awartani

Source (via MEMRI): Al-Watan, Saudi Arabien, 16. September 2009

Update: Dieser Cartoon ist auch nicht schlecht.

Umweltkrieg gegen den Irak?

Columnist: Iran Committing Environmental Crime Against Iraq

In his column in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassah, Iraqi writer Daoud Al-Basri accuses Iran of committing “deliberate and unprovoked crime” against the Iraqi people and against humanity by diverting into Iran rivers that previously drained into a major Iraqi waterway, Shatt Al-Arab, causing a serious problem of desertification in vast areas of southern Iraq.

Al-Basri laments the failure of “the Iranian Iraqi political parties” to raise their voices against Iran and states that they have opted to keep silent.

In the same vein, Iraqi MP Ahmad Al-’Alwani told the independent Iraqi press agency Eba that Iran, after having exported destruction, explosives and ethnic killings, has now completed its crimes by cutting off water to Iraq.

He said Iraqi officials raise their complaints about Turkey but remain silent about the destruction wrought by Iran.

Quellen (via MEMRI): Al-Siyassah, Kuwait, 17. September 2009; Sotiliraq, 16. September 2009