The "Izlamic" Republic of Iran is boiling again. Recall the huge protests in Iran late last year? There were violent protests in Mashad. The Iranian government came down hard on the protesters. It became stale news and the media stopped reporting. The protests have actually not died down. There have been intermittent protests throughout Iran.
News reports say that since May the protests have been picking up again with huge protests throughout Iran erupting yesterday Tuesday 26th June.
Here be the news
Widespread protests throughout Iran Tues (26th June)
deteriorating economy
thousands march past shuttered stores in central bazaar
shops closed in Kermanshah, Tabriz
Police tear gas demonstrators near parliament
no greater liberty or freedom in Iran today than under Shah
Under Shah to speak against govt was crime; today it is a sin
This week’s demonstrations, biggest since 2012
sparked by rising prices, plummeting currency rial
sank as low as 90,000 against US dollar
end of last year, rial stood at 42,890.
Iran’s problems run deep
economic situation not good
economic misery because mismanagement, corruption
govt does not set country’s economic priorities
involvement in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Hamas used up funds
power of radicals [and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei] greater than used to be
protests could lead to overthrow of Islamic Republic
ground is ready, displeasure is deep
today Iran has 80 million people
IRAN PROTESTS PART OF POTENTIAL WIDER UNREST (May 16)
Several protesters killed on May 16 police used deadly force
protesters in southern Iranian city of Kazerun
unrest continued since large protests in Dec Jan
Video showed hundreds chanting “avenge” the dead
mass protests broke out in Mashhad last December
continued local protests in Iran
included women refusing to wear headscarf Iranian law imposes
increasingly common to see women walk unveiled
Three deaths and internet interruption show regime’s true nature
protests show Iranian deeply frustrated with government’s failures
bad economy, authoritarian regime, suppress women, resentment over foreign policy
Kazerun became protest against government
People chanted: govt supports Gazans but betrays Kazerun
“Our enemy is here, not the US”
Iran’s truckers on strike over government tolls on roads
truckers in 62 cities taken part in strike
regime’s answer to suppress them with police
In Kazerun, 3,700 arrested
truckers’ strike met with batons
My comments : The Iranian revolution took place 39 years ago in 1979. I was 19 then. 39 years have gone by. I was just starting my life. A lifetime has gone by. All my peers (my old schoolmates) have mostly accomplished somethings in life and are looking towards a nice retirement. The Iranians are leaving their country by the hundreds of thousands. Now they are demonstrating by the tens of thousands.
The Iranians do not have budu, tempoyak, belacan and paku pakis. Otherwise they can tolerate the stupidity for say another 39 years.
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