Pro-regime rallies underway to commemorate 2009-10 crackdown on protesters even as new wave of anti-govt protests begins yahoo.com/news/mass-pro-
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Extraordinary coverage of Iran protests in print media. Here the conservative paper Afkar mocks Rouhani's first v-p Ehsaq Jahangiri: "Everything is calm."
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Reformist daily Bahar says, "it's dangerous to ignore the voices of the people," publishing photos from Mashhad anti-govt protests baharnews.ir/news/141344/%D
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"Mr Rouhani, speak to the people!" declares front page of reformist Aftab newspaper, quoting a prominent reformist figure from Khatami era
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Here a reformist paper, Jame'y-e Farda, covers the protests fairly normally, publishing a photo of the unrest, and acknowledging "confusion" among political elite about the nature of the protests.
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Happening now: Video purportedly shows protests in central Tehran, near University. "Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! We are all together," they chant.
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Plainclothes regime enforcers collaborate with uniformed cops in trying to suppress protests today in Kermanshah
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Iran's entire financial system dependent on internet. Many other business applications and data have moved to "the cloud." You shut down internet, you shut down Iran.
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Borzou, the regime will pull the plug on the Internet anytime. This window of exposure seems very short-lived. twitter.com/borzou/status/
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Unverified photo purports to show demonstrators and cops in central Kermanshah, the heartland of Iran's Kurds, during third day of Iran protests.
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Video dated 29th December purports to show Iran regime military vehicles being deployed to Mashhad in anticipation of further protests
Video purportedly from central Tehran shows students calling on Khamenei to step down. "Seyed Ali, shame on you, step down from the leadership." It sounds stiff, I know. But it's super catchy in Persian.
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#دانشگاه_تهران با تیز ترین شعارها رو به سمت خود #خامنهای :
سیدعلی حیا کن مملکتو رها کن
#تظاهرات_سراسری
#تهران
#متحد_شویم
#IranProtests
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Iran state TV breaks silence on protests, acknowledging "a number of people, by rallying and chanting slogans - mainly economic - asked for price controls and combating corruption." Showed video of protests, called them illegal & said were used by foreigners. Cited Trump tweet.
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Fascinating that announcer says despite harsh slogans, most of those arrested were released. Definitely trying to cool tempers rather than insult protesters by calling them seditionists or whatever.
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Iran state TV breaks silence on protests, acknowledging "a number of people, by rallying and chanting slogans - mainly economic - asked for price controls and combating corruption." Showed video of protests, called them illegal & said were used by foreigners. Cited Trump tweet.
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#Iran MFA spox reacts to comments by #US officials on protests in Iran: Iranian people won't pay attention to opportunistic & hypocrite slogans by US authorities & Mr #Trump himself.
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Iran TV goes huge on protests, accuses , & of exploiting people's economic grievances. Cites Trump tweet and statement in dramatic six-minute segment. Defends Rouhani's economic record. youtube.com/watch?time_con
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Raucous protest today in northwestern Iran city of Hamadan
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First thing is lesson and get a handle on what’s happening.
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Gov held pro-regime rallies in #Iran today, common whenever people dare express themselves freely against the state. But when people risk their lives to face security forces wielding batons and guns, we should pay attention to them. The best we can do from here is just listen.
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