Iran ‘has arrested 2,000’ in violent crackdown (2)
More than 2,000 Iranians have been arrested and hundreds more have disappeared since the regime decided to crush dissent after the disputed presidential election, a leading human rights organisation said yesterday.
“A climate of terror and of fear reigns in Iran today,” the International Federation for Human Rights , an umbrella body for 155 human rights organisations, said as it released the startling figures.
Last night 3,000 protesters tried to gather outside a mosque in Tehran where they believed that Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated presidential candidate, was going to speak. The police rapidly dispersed them and Mr Mousavi never appeared.
Having largely suppressed such protests, the security forces are engaged in a purge of dissidents in an apparent effort to decapitate Mr Mousavi’s so-called green movement.
Prominent Iranian actors, actresses, writers and singers are believed to have been seized at the weekend for supporting the demonstrators. Several opposition bloggers have fallen silent, probably because they have been detained. Almost anyone who dares to challenge President Ahmadinejad’s re-election is now considered an enemy of the state.
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mike Says:
Not to worry though, Obama is “gravely concerned.” A strongly worded letter must be in the works somewhere.
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Posted on June 29th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Jean Says:
Ah, but if it makes Obama ” FEEL SAD ” then those nice people in charge in Iran will ” FEEL SO BAD ” that they will release all those they arrested, apologize and reform their government just to be sure that they make Obama ” FEEL BETTER ” about himself …… after all, for liberals what is important are what we feel about things not what we do to fix things ! ( Sarcasm fully on ! )
Posted on June 29th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Jean Says:
Oh, note on the previous: I don’t want to paint all liberals with the same brush as there are certainly a lot of good people who define themselves as small L liberals who can think logically and have well placed compassion, but I would tend to define these as ” Classical Liberals ” who prize freedom above the nanny state and have a lot in common with a lot of Conservatives and Libertarians.
So the above was a knock on the soft in the brain types of liberals. ( Just want to be fair about it ).
Posted on June 29th, 2009 at 5:41 pm