| Submit your comments on this article |
| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| MousaviÂ’s nephew killed in Tehran |
| 2009-12-27 |
| Seyed Mousavi, the nephew of Mir Hossein Mousavi, former presidential candidate and one of the moral leader of the opposition was killed today in Tehran an opposition website said. Seyed Mousavi was shot in the heart at Enqelab square, in the very centre of the Iranian capital. The BBC confirms his death and adds Mir Hossein Mousavi is at the hospital where his nephew was taken. Opposition said at least 4 people were killed today in Iran in clashes between protesters and security forces. The death of Seyed Mousavi, especially during the Ashura days is likely to ignite new demonstrations and violence across the country. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #13 I struggled in how to respond, but Whiskey Mike did it better and I'll only add that the Iranians I've met are educated, non jihadi-oriented, and a people we have common goals with. The Shah did good things in his time, encouraging a western education system. Not ethat Ahmadinejad is a leisure-suit-wearing doofus. He couldn't earn a living past cab-driver in the west |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-12-27 21:02 |
| #12 I like the Iranian people. I visited before the Shah fell; everyone seemed happy, content, generally everyone smiled everywhere. A decent standard of living prevailed. I know Iranians who had to flee after the Shah fell, some military, some civilian. The mullahs who took over, and their sycophants, seem alien, or like a cancer to the Iranian body. I want to see Iranians free, but it is best if they free themselves. I hope they do. Guns would help. If they succeed, I hope they institute their own 2nd Amendment. So pray for them. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2009-12-27 20:25 |
| #11 except we are armed |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-12-27 16:17 |
| #10 Legitimacy lost, it's just naked power and crushing boot now. Posted by: Frank G 2009-12-27 14:11 Kinda like Washington, DC, under the donks, eh Frank? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-12-27 15:59 |
| #9 Who gives a flying fukc, let them fight it out on the streets of Tehran, at least it is contained in Iran, at the moment. |
| Posted by: Dave UK 2009-12-27 14:52 |
| #8 the IRGC vs teh Army could be interesting. Legitimacy lost, it's just naked power and crushing boot now |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-12-27 14:11 |
| #7 some security personnel disobeyed the order to fire That's going to leave a mark. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-12-27 13:55 |
| #6 number of fatalities at 10 as of a few hours ago it would have been higher but some security personnel disobeyed the order to fire at the demonstrators |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-12-27 13:52 |
| #5 Ohhh! Thats going to leave a mark. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-12-27 13:47 |
| #4 Well John Kerry; when you go over there will you be for the regime or the opposition? |
| Posted by: tipover 2009-12-27 13:34 |
| #3 They went and did it during Ashura too. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-12-27 13:14 |
| #2 the regime just made another high-profile martyr for the anti-mullah cause. Expect to hear that he was shot by the Mossad or CIA on PressTV.IR |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-12-27 13:10 |
| #1 I think my irony meter just broke. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-12-27 12:51 |