From Aghelane:

Karroubi went to the Ghoma Mosque for the annual mourning over the death Ayatolla Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti, the former Secretary General of the Islamic Republic Party. He and around 70 members of IRP were assassinated in 1981 in a bombing by the People's Mujahedin of Iran. The government won't permit gatherings for protests or mournings for slain protesters, so Karroubi encouraged protesters to come to this gathering instead. Mousavi couldn't make it.

Hezbollah Working With the Basij Against Iranians

From Goftaniha

Video of man murdered by the Basij

A protester gunned down. Very graphic.

That Letter from the Minister of the Interior

Below is the letter, dated June 13, translated in English by CBS News. It was presented by two famous Iranian film makers. (video here)
Obviously, its authenticity cannot be verified:

Salaam Aleikum.
Following your concerns regarding the results of the presidential election and per your given discretion to have Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remain as president during this sensitive juncture. Therefore, everything has been planned in a way that the public announcement will be made in accordance with the interests of the regime and the revolution. All necessary precautions have been taken to deal with any unexpected events of election aftermath and the intense monitoring of all the parties' leaders as well as the election candidates.

However, for your information, the real votes counted are as follows:

Total number of votes: 43,026,078
Mir Hossein Mousavi: 19,075,623
Mehdi Karoubi 13,387,104
Mhmoud Ahmadinejad: 5,698,417
Muhsen Rezai: 3,754,218
Void: 38,716

Less blind than some leaders...

معلول

New Pictures from Tehran

http://twitpic.com/photos/madyar

Karroubi Ad

These are the terrible things Karroubi was for:

lemonde published my interview

I was told that Le monde published my interview that I posted a few days ago .

Thanks Le monde , just please mention my blog's url .

-I am the anonymous- he he

Government vs Iranian People: Day 1 of the War

After Superme Leader's speech threatening the protesters, some thought no one would dare to go out. Karroubi sent a very passionate letter to the Guardian Council saying, "If you want to guarantee this regime's life , you better cancel the results of the election."

Karroubi and Mousavi invited people to go out on Saturday.

The Guardian Council has agreed to recount a fraction of the votes, but the Supreme Leader has already said, "No matter what, it wont affect the results. Ahmadinejad has 11 million more Votes than Mousavi, so in no way results would be canceled"

The Leader also said "They think we are like Georgia. They think they could make us panic, and give up!" That's ridiculos, of course, because Mousavi is one of the Trusted Guys of the regime. If they don't trust him, why did they let him run in the election?

Videos Saturday, June 20th

video 1

video 2

video 3

video 4 Click to view

(warning this one is very disturbing , killing a girl by basij)

Q & A on the Elections and the Protests

Here are some answers to questions people ask me:

Q: Asrah, You voted for Karroubi, right? So why are these protests important to you? After all, Mousavi is still the Mullahs' Man, right? He is for everything Ahmedinejad is doing. So, why do you think these protests important to Iran?

A: Good question. The protests are still important even if you don't like Mousavi, because we have never seen anything like this for 30 years. Iranians never protested in the streets in these numbers. It was just never done. We all thought it couldn't be done. But now we've done it, and we are doing it everyday. So, I think from now on, we will think nothing of doing it all the time.

First of all, we will get rid of Ahmedinejad. Then we will protest for more rights later.
It's like getting a girl to sleep with you. It's really hard to convince her the first time. But after that, you can do it again and again very easily.

Besides that, the mullahs selected all four candidates that they could trust the Iranian people to vote on. In the end, though, they couldn't even let us choose freely from one of those. They had to make the final choice as well. It's the final insult, and it's worth protesting.

Q: Why do you think people voted for Mousavi when his policies are the same as Ahmedinejad?

A: The people of Iran don't know what they want. They only know what they DON'T want. They don't want Ahmedinejad. Sure, there's no BIG difference between Mousavi. I'm no fan of Mousavi, but he's better than Ahmedinejad. Ahmedinejad is so crass. He doesn't deserve to be our president. He's a mess for Iran. We would do anything to get rid of him. He's an embarrassment. He makes the world think we're a bunch of monkeys. He's ugly and he lies too much, he knows nothing of moderating .

Most people don't know much about the candidates. All they know about Karroubi and Mousavi is that Karroubi is a mullah and Mousavi wears a tuxedo (so he must be more modern).

Listen, I don't HATE Mousavi. He's a reformist too, just not to the degree that Karroubi is. Both of them have things in their past to be ashamed of, but it's clear they have changed. still, both of them were trusted enough by the mullahs to be allowed to run for President.

Q: Why do you think Mousavi did so well?

A: Mousavi had a lot more money than Karroubi, and he was really good at advertising. Making the color green his symbol was genius. It made his advertising so cheap and easy. Once, at a Karroubi rally we were chanting slogans in Vali Asr Square. Ahmedinejad's supporters attacked us. They shut off the electricity so Karroubi couldn't speak. But Mousavi's supporters could just wear the color green. It turned the color green into the color of "Not Ahmedinejad".

Also, Mousavi had one really valuable card: Khatami (the former President before Ahmedinejad) supported him. Khatami was a bright moment in our dark history. He wasn't not brave, and he didn't use his opportunity as he could have, but in his time we had more civil rights.

Q: Why did you vote for Karroubi?

A: First, I liked his idea for *truly* nationalizing the oil. He wanted to take away the oil ownership and revenue from the goverment. The people of Iran would own it, and receive monthly distribution checks from the profits. If the government had to come to the people for its money, it would care more what they think.

Also, he gathered around himself all the men who were kicked out of the government for being reformist. He was really popular with writers and intellectuals. Even members of Khatami's inner circle came to Karroubi's camp. He was popular with rappers and underground muscians. A famous rapper wrote a song for him.

Next, he started using the words that have been forbidden until now: "Ethnic Rights for Kurds and Balochs." Even religious rights for Bahais. He said that it should be up each woman whether she wears a hijab, and not mandatory. He said he would have a female minster in his cabinet. He has a history of calling for the release of political prisoners.

Finally, he said that the Supreme Leader's authority had to be defined in law, and that "Candidate Filtering" had to be reformed to make it easier for people to run for office even if the mullahs don't like them. He protested when candidates like Ghasem Sholesadi or Akbar Alami were not allowed to run. He supported letting the people of each province elect their representives.

Here are some pictures of Karroubi. During the protests recently, he climbed up on a phone booth. He's 72 years old. Such a cute old man.

Q: Do you think Obama is an important reason for these protests (either his Cairo speech or his election)?

A: These protests have nothing to do with Obama. He has barely said anything about them. He says that is because he doesn't want the protesters being called American agents. Then why say anything at all? He mentioned the protesters and now the government says "You are America's slaves". Since we're going to be called spies anyway, why shouldn't the US go all the way? They could add more radio stations to make it harder to block Radio Farda. They could add more ways for Iranians to access the Internet. There should be satellites dedicated to letting Iranians access the Internet without government restraint.

Here is a major way to help us: Bloggers should be able to make money with Google Ads. Pro-liberty blogs are certainly in America's interest. Sure, there would be also bloggers who kiss the mullah's asses. Who cares? I realize that what I'm saying is for the sanctions to be blocked. But the sanctions cannot weaken a government with oil. They can always find a buyer for their oil. The sanctions only hurt the Iranian people.

Guess what hurts more !

6 days passed and only a few countries and groups congratulated Mahmood Ahmadinejad as a President . Iraq, Pakistan , Venezuela , Hamas and Hizbollah (which are not even countries)

I heared the number of the death has reached to 25 Iranian peacefull protests .
in these days protestors try to make it even more peacefull , for example , hundreds thousand of protests (among them aritsts like shajarian and Baran Kosari) gathered in 7tir Square on wedensday and made a silent protest (without chanting or saying a word) but unfortantely we still see that not-official militas, that belong to Basij attack people and kill them .

but you know what hurts more in this hard situation ?
the Hasan Nasrolllah (the M.F*) made rude comments on Al-Manar TV about Iranian Protectors and called them "destructor" and much more shit !
it hurts so much that a terrorist like this who eats and gets his money from our government , now swears at iranian peacefull protestors .

* M.F = you know what it means .

Sepah Guards warned blogger

Today "the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution" (Sepah in Persia) , warned all the bloggers to delete their Pro-Destroyer contents or they will be arrested and be punished .

They also warned that, these Pro-Destroyer Bloggers are supported by American , Canadian companies and are agents of CIA ; and also named Radio Farda, Radio Zamane , BBC Persian, as example of these Agents .


but am I gonna stop blogging ?

See Sepah on Wikipedia.

Yahoo messenger blocked too !

No mobile
No sms,
and now no Chatting
, still not so bad, I couldn't believe I could surive one week without sending messages .

a few days before ellection I contacted my ex-GF and wished her a happy birthday, we were supposed to talk (or maybe be together again ?) well ... as we have no connection device for now, it is off .

Yesterday they blocked yahoo messenger ports ,
after they blocked many websites, and arrested many politicians , the protests still went on , they realized people can still chat together , well now we cant anymore .
not mentioning the slow internet speed . (imagine dail up , now imagine dail up/100)

among the hundreds of politicians that were arrested , are team-members of Karubi and Musavi (two candidates) but the one that I miss more is , a blogger a politican and Mullah named Mohammad Ali Abtahi




I should add something to be fair, the mobile works in some hours but sms (text messaging) has been out since Friday (election day). during the protest hours and the places that protest happens they cut off the mobile coverage , so people don't be able to report to news agencies .



I am working on making a website to help people access yahoo messenger .

I am gonna cover Tehran news

Hello World ,
Am I the 100000000th guy in the world to say that ?
yeah but not all of them are in Tehran in these days ,

there are riots everywhere after big cheating in the presidential election .

I am gonna cover the news and tell you what I think .

enough for now .