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Festival of Light and Fire, A Defiance of Ruling Clerics
EFL... This sounds like the part of the story CNN forgot to mention>>>
In the Haft-Howz, Falakeh Dovvom and Nirooye Havaii, districts of Tehran more than 10,000 people had gathered. Some women openly removed their scarves encouraging others to do so too. In Mohseni Square, the youth fought back the Law Enforcement Forces. At least 20 government forces were reported badly beaten up by the crowds. In Amir-Abad district the people joined the students and more anti-government slogans were shouted. Police patrol cars, which attempted to disperse the crowd, drove away from the scene as the people started throwing home made grenades at them. In Aryashahr, the crowd were throwing pictures of Supreme Leader, Khamenei and Islamic Republic flags on to the bonfires. Other districts in Tehran like Javadieh, Ferdowsi and Noor similar scenes continued. In some districts the noise prevented the telephone reports from making their reports audible.
- In Karaj, the house of the Friday Prayer leader was set on fire copying the similar action by the people in Fereydoon Kenar.
Cue Spike Jones version of "My Old Flame"...
- In Yazd, between 7000-8000 people gathered in Atlasi Sq and attacked the known regime agents.
- In Booshehr, one revolutionary guard is reported killed.
- In Shiraz, the people attacked government agents who were filming them and broke their cameras.
- In Kerman, the people were shouting, Referendum, Referendum, This is the cry of nation.
- In Sarab, Azarbijan, where the people have a fierce reputation for their fighting capabilities, the local Baseejis were on the run while shouting Allah-Akbar.
As in last year Iran’s Kurdistan contained the biggest scenes of celebrations. Huge bonfires were reported from Marivan and Sannadaj, with the youth openly taunting the regime’s forces. Even in many other places throughout Iran where the celebrations were less political, young boys and girls circled around bonfires, held hands and danced to the music. An unthinkable act in the month of Moharram, even in the pre-Isalmic revolution of 1979.

So on a night where the Islamic state run TV even resorted to showing popular American films to encourage the people of Iran to stay indoors, the fire of Zarathustra remained defiant and rekindled.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-03-18
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