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| Photos of Iranian Mayday Protest |
| 2006-05-01 |
| Some guy named Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi emailed the photos of the Iranian May Day protests to Cliff May at National Review. I could not locate a news link. Not sure if this is a legit Rantburg post so take it down (and my apologies) if I'm wrong to post it. The people depicted are probably not pro-American but they may be anti-Mullah so I'm hoping they can gain influence. Hard to tell from a few photos, but the protestors look a bit more mature than the anti-regime students we always read about but who have thus far posed little threat to the regime. We had a lively discussion about the odds of internally driven regime change a couple days back. Hopefully these people in the streets will show that I was wrong to be so pessimistic. |
| Posted by:JAB |
| #9 What? No Mexican flags? |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-05-01 20:35 |
| #8 Thanks for the excellent photo analysis. May's posting this is emblematic of the over optimism for internal dissent within Iran. Still, I'm intrigued by the Human Events interview with the Shah's son. He may be the best chance for real change there. |
| Posted by: JAB 2006-05-01 18:55 |
| #7 TEHERAN, May 1 (IPS) - Workers around Teheran who had planned to demonstrate May Day against low minimum wages, now plan to protest because they were not allowed to demonstrate. ight in the middle of the second picture down a man holds a cad with a graphic that I recognize as their "right to nuclear power" graphic. |
| Posted by: jim#6 2006-05-01 18:31 |
| #6 Ray Nagin has some unused buses, lets give him a call. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-05-01 16:46 |
| #5 Still, it would be interesting to bus these Iranians to Mexico. I could not read the signs when I posted the photo link. Jim, how can you tell they are Govt. Handouts these protestors are reading? As with most news of unrest in Iran, it looks like the Mayday protests are a flop. |
| Posted by: JAB 2006-05-01 16:45 |
| #4 LOL I thought this was a Mexican protest link. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-05-01 16:38 |
| #3 second on those INS Busses. That's Iran. They aren't protesting at all. They are demonstrating support for their government's position on "international worker's day ". Even in the picture you can see the little gov. handouts with Mahmoud and the gear of progress or whatever the F it is. |
| Posted by: jim#6 2006-05-01 15:57 |
| #2 I just came back from my noon walk and there wee about 100k on the Capital mall in Sacramento. Too bad the INS didn't have 1,000 buses handy to send them back to Mexico. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-05-01 15:45 |
| #1 Not aimed at the submitter of teh article. Call us when they are carrying AK-74s and not signs. Since I don't read Persian those signs could say death to the great satan or what me worry. How would I know? |
| Posted by: SPoD 2006-05-01 15:38 |