tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post6721853443931999434..comments2023-10-21T06:13:57.457-07:00Comments on For a democratic secular Iran. For peace and prosperity in the Middle East.: Islamic Republic Police Shoving Arrested Youth in the Car TrunkAzarmehrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111103133622095142noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-77509087862580235342010-11-05T20:57:14.614-07:002010-11-05T20:57:14.614-07:00I just found your blog, as a fellow Iranian I must...I just found your blog, as a fellow Iranian I must say, keep up the good work.<br /><br />I absolutely love your blog and your writing style.<br /><br />Peace and blessings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-78661381000247333762010-11-05T18:53:16.052-07:002010-11-05T18:53:16.052-07:00@Gene
The subsidies reform has to be handled with...@Gene<br /><br />The subsidies reform has to be handled with a strong security response. Last time the government introduced gasoline rationing,to curb excessive consumption, rioters burnt petrol stations.<br /><br />This is a potential opportunity for sedition (fitna), but I think the police are taking the necessary precautions against a few trouble-makers.<br /><br />Nobody believes the Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226525473904632047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-86215347377106889942010-11-05T11:19:44.145-07:002010-11-05T11:19:44.145-07:00Everybody is worried about the cuts in the subsidi...<i>Everybody is worried about the cuts in the subsidies</i><br /><br />Seems you're right about that, Reza. However the government is going to <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704506404575592302978213006.html?KEYWORDS=FARNAZ+FASSIHI" rel="nofollow">extraordinary lengths</a> to make sure nobody complains publicly.<br /><br /><i>Thousands of police officers have been Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337635549828065120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-91127864281523694352010-11-04T17:25:56.960-07:002010-11-04T17:25:56.960-07:00Actually, there has been a merger of universities,...Actually, there has been a merger of universities, and not a closure: part of Daneshjoo's reforms.<br /><br />The only people you find on the streets protesting are Ahmadinejad supporters these days. They were out commemorating the embassy takeover recently.<br /><br />Everybody is worried about the cuts in the subsidies which even Mousavi has admitted need to be eliminated( he introduced Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226525473904632047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-57159403269557246102010-11-04T15:21:11.257-07:002010-11-04T15:21:11.257-07:00Well of course we don't know if these youths c...Well of course we don't know if these youths committed genuine crimes or not? However, innocent or guilty - is this really the way any CIVILISED Police force should behave? Just bundle them into the back of some trunk! Ain't this image more typical of a gangster thug mentality than a proper rule of respectable law? Oh - but then again - whoops, silly me...! I clean forgot this was Waybechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12451552974988860965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-306699145455565072010-11-04T13:42:14.803-07:002010-11-04T13:42:14.803-07:00@Gene: it was Few days ago, students at the Univer...@Gene: it was Few days ago, students at the University of Medical Sciences protesting at the sudden closure of the universityAzarmehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01111103133622095142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-70717565441477384272010-11-04T13:06:23.085-07:002010-11-04T13:06:23.085-07:00Nazism has re-emerged in IranNazism has re-emerged in IranWinstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058643406189544769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15395285.post-89986679148358892372010-11-04T09:51:49.961-07:002010-11-04T09:51:49.961-07:00Potkin, do you have any information on the demonst...Potkin, do you have any information on the demonstration in the second video-- where and when it was, who was involved?Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337635549828065120noreply@blogger.com