And then there's this: Kamran Rastegar reported this on facebook today:
Students chanting seen on BBC Persian TV: "mardom chera neshestin, iran shodeh felestin." (people why are you still sitting, Iran's become Palestine).
Later in the day, Kamran posted:
Love to our Palestinian, Lebanese and other Arab supporters in the struggle in Iran... Kullina Ghazzeh, Kullina Tehran! [we are all Gaza, we are all Tehran].
Indeed. On the youtube videos I watched of the Tehran demos yesterday and today, I heard demonstrators chanting, "marg bar diktator," or, "death to the dictator," i.e., Ahmadinejad. The slogan of the Iranian revolution was "marg bar shah": "death to the shah." About time that the symbol of Palestine solidarity was taken out of the hands of the cynical holocaust denier.
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Thanks for the links and connections. Hadn't seen this on Twitter yet, so will post there. One correction, it should be "mard bar…"
Thanks! My Persian abilities are virtually non-existent, so I need all the help I can get.
ok. now i've got it right. and i doublechecked other sources. apologies to all Persian speakers.
Hi Ted,
My understanding is that the 'dictator' in question is not Ahmadinejad but rather Khameini.
Ouch! Total brain fart on my end. Switched to Urdu instead of Persian (murdabad in Urdu). Thanks for the catch.
Hi Ted, just found your blog here through the intertubes. I don't have anything substatnive to add here, but I'll be reading. Talks oon I hope, best Eric Johnson
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