Rafsanjani's daughter arrested in Iran

[kpete]

Source: The Times Of India

Rafsanjani's daughter arrested in Iran
21 Jun 2009

TEHRAN: The daughter of Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani and four relatives were arrested over their involvement in protests against alleged election fraud in Iran, the Fars news agency reported on Sunday.

Faezeh Hashemi, a renowned women's rights activist, former parliament deputy and head of women sports in Iran, has in the recent years emerged, like her father, as one of the main opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Ahmadinejad had before the June 12 election accused Rafsanjani and his children of corruption.

Fars said that Faezeh, her daughter and three other relatives were arrested during Saturday's demonstrations for 'agitating' the protestors.


Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rafsanjanis-daughter-arrested-in-Iran/articleshow/4683868.cms

[grantcart]

1. The opposition is "all in" now - the regime will not stand

40% unemployment among the youth -- they will not stop until the government is brought down.

[goclark]

3. Please be right grantcart ~

Iran is a horror story, it's just so sad.

[vadawg]

4. or until the regime goes all Stalin on them, never underestimate a regimes ability to defend itself

[grantcart]

12. if the regime increases violence they will simply stay home and conduct a general strike

no one will get killed but the business of the country will stop.


Business leaders will intercede with the military for a coup.

[chill_wind]

7. And the youth is 70% of the population--

a demographic most Americans were typically not aware of before all this began, myself included.

[ohio2007]

11. never trust anybody over 30. ( the revolution is 30 yrs old this november) DEATH TO AMERICA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS4v_kj9rw4



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCNLRSE_48Y

[Chulanowa]

16. A lot of Americans are also unaware...

That if we hadn't sold weapons and poison gas to Iraq, there would be a lot more middle-aged people in Iran. About 1,300,000 more, at the very least.

[Posteritatis]

17. Even without the war, most countries in the region have very young populations

I think there's a few where the average age is in the teens, though Iran isn't quite one of those. Add some education to the mix...

[OmahaBlueDog]

9. I'll agree they're "all in": what we don't know is who has the winning hand

The current regime is virtually immune to world opinion, and they have no reservations about using violence to achieve their ends.

[Wizard777]

2. Apparently Khamenei and Ahmadinejad think they can hold the Council of the Wise hostage

Now evil is in their face working it's iniquity and daring them to do what is right. Wisdom alone must prevail.

[tomm2thumbs]

5. The Right Wingers need to look good and close - THIS is what TYRANNY looks like

Not this stupid 'Obama' stuff they are throwing out there. What a joke. They need to look good and hard and start thinking.

I don't know if anyone here was following the twitters coming from Iran, but I was so pissed at all the anti-Obama stuff being posted on it by GOP folks - it was distressing. These people are trying to communicate and get news out for helping each other and these GOP dunces are throwing in anti-Obama messages in the mix. (Yes, I confirmed the length of time these folks had been on and it wasn't Iranian govt operatives who newly signed up.)

What if twitter existed in 2001 and was being used by people trapped in the Twin Towers during 911 to communicate back and forth, locate help, etc - and they were given this political garbage. It is cruel beyond belief what some of these Right Wing people are doing and how they operate.

(okay, had to get that out of my system. sorry)

[lunatica]

6. Don't apologize.

Just don't...

[Dappleganger]

8. These are the children of the First Revolution...

standing up to finish the task.

[ohio2007]

10. Four Rafsanjani relatives released

Four Rafsanjani relatives released
had been arrested for provoking unrest, have been released.

An Iranian security official told Press TV that Rafsanjani's daughter, Faezeh, is still under arrest.

The five, who had been arrested last night according to reports, included Faezeh Hashemi and her daughter, as well as Hossein Mar'ashi's wife, daughter, and sister-in-law -- Mar'ashi is a cousin to Hashemi-Rafsanjani's wife.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b02_1245599709
just making sure they understand who the head ram rods are in the theocracy

[AverageJoe5]

13. If she incited unrest, rioting, and violence .....

.....then her arrest is justified.

Even here in the U.S., if someone incited unrest, rioting, and violence, that person would be arrested.

[FirstLight]

14. no, sorry...you are obviously unaware that this has been a PEACEFUL

dissent...people have been attacked by the State, not the other way around.

but, hey, 20 posts...maybe you don't realize what side of the coin you are on

[reorg]

19. even if done peacefully

the throwing of stones and the torching of cars and buildings seem to trigger some sort of containment by the state, as evidenced in all previous incidents of similar nature, wherever they occur:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_riots

A few years ago, the French interiour minister at the time, Sarkozy, labelled the protesting youth of his own country "scum" and put thousands of them in prison -- just because a number of cars and buildings had been torched in the process.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_civil_unrest_in_France

Or, when youths in Los Angeles peacefully protested against racist police violence in the early nineties, thousands of Marines rolled in on the fourth day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots

[tkmorris]

15. Then explain Rush Limbaugh's freedom

All she was doing is protesting. You got something against that?

[Ecumenist]

18. Average, NOONE deserves to be arrested just for speaking against tyranny

NOONE. It is a FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT. You should know DAMN well that they were doing no such thing. This is the way the repressive governments all over the globe try to stop dissension.