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Must-View Video: The Opposition’s Ask
The Moderate Voice —
If this has already been posted here and I missed it, or if you’ve seen it elsewhere, my apologies for the duplication. But it’s entirely worth watching again. Nico provides important context, at the “12:28 AM ET” mark, which I think it should be “12:28 PM ET.” Note: This version of the video includes English subtitles. I trust they’re accurate.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Thursday June 18)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
This is the archive of my Iran election live-blogging from Sunday, June 14. For the latest updates, click here.
8:59 PM ET -- Huge news. Google launching Farsi/English translation service tomorrow morning.
8:45 PM ET -- They beat and kick helpless women. The caption on this video, via an Iranian-American friend, says it was taken in Rasht, a city in northern Iran by the Caspian Sea. The date is unclear but it was uploaded today. In the middle of the screen, you'll see a young woman pushed, then punched and kicked, by plainclothes Basiji paramilitaries.
The fear this kind of violence creates is ...
TWO MUST SEE VIDEOS FROM THE OPPOSITION IN IRAN
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
A pre-election ad from a smaller member of the Iranian anti-Ahmadinejad opposition (Mehdi Karroubi) with English subtitles added. Via Glenn: A POEM VIA SONDRAK: WE MUST SUPPORT THESE PEOPLE. IT'S A CRYING SHAME OBAMA CAN'T BRING HIMSELF TO DO IT WITH A FULL HEART. SHE SAYS: "WHERE IS THIS PLACE WHERE NO ONE COMES TO OUR AID?" WE MUST COME TO THEIR AID. KINETICALLY IF NECESSARY - AND THE SOONER THE BETTER. ...
MULLAH KARROUBI: A REBEL WITH A CAUSE
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
NYTIMES: IS KARROUBI THE ONE? EXCERPT: A short midlevel cleric, with a neat white beard and a clergyman’s calm bearing, Mehdi Karroubi has watched from his home in Tehran in recent months as his aides have been arrested, his offices raided, his newspaper shut down. He himself has been threatened with arrest and, indirectly, the death penalty. His response: bring it on.Once a second-tier opposition figure operating in the shadow of Mir Hussein Moussavi, his fellow challenger in Iran’s discredited presidential election in June, Mr. Karroubi ...
