Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Ahmadi-nejad at Tehran University



Tehran University under military siege yesterday, during Ahmadi-Nejad's visit. Thank God we don't have to rely on Western media correspondents for news and pictures any more.
Here is a picture of protesting students which some Western correspondents referred to as a "couple of dozen":

4 comments:

  1. Is there a bias towards the Iranian students in Western News?
    There seems to be many more hundreds than one 100 protesters present. The AP dispatch printed in USA Today starts by saying:
    "TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An estimated 100 students staged a rare demonstration Monday against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling him a "dictator,"..."

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-10-08-iran-students_N.htm?csp=34

    also

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071008/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_protest_1

    Judge for yourself.

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  2. Anonymous3:41 AM

    al-Reuters says they were around 100 students. Think they cant count any more.

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  3. Anonymous12:08 PM

    Even if only 100 students has protested against the President of the Islamic Republic, the fact that such a protest has taken place in a police state that tortures and kills the dissidents means that the democracy movement in Iran is not dead.

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  4. Anonymous8:20 AM

    that is because they dont want to count..western media is so liberal it cant get out of its own way. I would say they border on bunch of communist. I should know I have to read these blathering idiots everyday

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