17 juin 2009

source photo : shooresh1917 (suite du témoignage de B*, reçue aujourd'hui de Téhéran) any message of support and solidarity should be sent to andymoor(at)wittereus.net Dispatch from Tehran #9TEHRAN, June 17, 02h00---Today brought thousands to the streets again, although protesters changed the initial location of the protest because Ahmadinejad supporters were supposed to gather at the same site. Official state television was calling all peoples of all opinions to gather there, which in Islamic Republic code means: go and... [Lire la suite]

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Téhéran « Car, pour rompre avec l'hallucination du mode de vie capitaliste-démocratique, il faudra d'abord que les Iraniens se débarrassent de la dictature de barbus. Ces femmes qui nous découvrent leurs beaux traits, risquant la traque par les pasdarans et les châtiments islamiques, méritent de rejoindre les fulgurantes images de la liberté, à côté de l'émeutière grecque. » [ Serge Quadruppani, avant-hier ]

(suite) dear friends sending this from a friend's house.  He still has internet. things are turning bloody and we are cut off in terms of communication. i hope to be able to keep writing. ox b -- B. DISPATCH 8 TEHRAN, June 15, 3h30--- Today, at least 1 million people gathered for a «silent» march from Revolution Square to Freedom  Square.  The crowd, which filled the wide avenue, extended further, and at one point it became impossible to move forward.  There are no... [Lire la suite]

(suite) The main problem for us is the plainclothes police, Bassijis, and secret service that are stationed all over the place; on each street corner, as well as around the major squares of the city. Something is happening, slowly but surely, and the force of the people will only grow each day.  Tehran, Isfahan, Mashad, Ahvaz, Shiraz, Zahedan are , and probably more cities in the coming days and weeks. What we want may take a long time, but it is happening.  The walls are covered with Death to... [Lire la suite]

(suite) A short list of today's news: Moussavi is still under house arrest; his wife gave a talk today at Tehran University announcing that tomorrow there will be a massive demonstration (for which they will have asked for a permit, which is not sure to be granted); a large number of reformist leaders were arrested, threatened not to make any radical moves or declarations, and then released; SMS services are still deactivated, as are any wave using internet services; Ayatollah Sanei (a reformist, elderly cleric) took to the... [Lire la suite]

L'excellent Ph!l (clic) me fait suivre le message que voici. B**** l'a rédigé dimanche soir et lundi matin. C'est un témoignage direct, sans fioritures ni faux-semblants journalistiques. Les messages de soutien, de solidarité, et d'affection sont les bienvenus, à l'adresse andymoor(at)wittereus.net. Je vous le donne tel quel, en trois ou quatre fragments. La suite, nous l'espérons, demain ou après-demain. Dear friends,first of all, thanks so much for your messages ! We share them with friends here, and it gives us strength and... [Lire la suite]