Iran protests

[ekrem]

20 Azerbaijanis killed in Tabriz, protest action dispersed
23 May 2006 [20:31] - Today.Az
Azeri Embassy in Tehran does not respond.

Iran police used tear gas and bullets in dispersing rally held in Tabriz on May 20 as a result of which 20 killed, more than 100 injured.

Police did not allow occupying Azerbaijan Milly Majlis, 1945, and present Tabriz city government house, West Azerbaijan National Revival Movement Baku bureau has told APA.

The hospital where injured are kept, has been blockaded by the police. Guard forces taken to city to calm down the rally attacking student hostelhave arrested about 100 students. Slogans were sounded in the meeting: Tabriz lives despite Babek's death, Azerbaijani hero, Chohragani, Garabagh is ours, and Turkic language will not be substituted with Persian language.

Today at 1600 meetings were scheduled in Tabriz, Urmiya, Maraga, and Miyane.

Ogtay Tabrizli reports from Tabriz to APA that assembling of residents are not allowed. He said that as a result of clash in the meeting numerous people died, their number is not definite yet.

Today Whole Azerbaijan Party has issued a statement on Iran's policy pursued in West Azerbaijan. The statement applies to international organizations to give support of democratic fight of our compatriots living in South Azerbaijan. Tehran act under the mask of Islam mask. World Azerbaijanis Congress (DAK) has expressed attitude to the event. DAK called on Azerbaijanis not to withdraw from the struggle, and stated that operative headquarter has been established in Baku bureau related to the happened events.

It was impossible to learn opinion on the bloody clashes, from Iran Embassy in Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan Embassy to Iran
http://www.today.az/news/politics/26449.html

It started all from students on university and then it widened.
Here are pics from the university protests:

Tebriz:
http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.azadtribun.net/x622.htm
http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.azadtribun.net/x629.htm
http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.azadtribun.net/x643.htm

Theran:
http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.azadtribun.net/x627.htm
http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.azadtribun.net/x628.htm
http://www.anonym.to/?http://www.azadtribun.net/x633.htm



these handsymbols are of the greywolves.
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5862/urmuetiraz13aq.jpg
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2587/urmuetiraz24eo.jpg
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and finally the state-controlled newspaper which showed a Persian boy talking to a Azeri, painted as a cockroaches.
http://www.politikcity.de/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/a_1496.jpg

 

[ekrem]

more pictures with burning cars and soon:
http://www.gamoh.org/en/index.php?s...85288&archive=&cnshow=news&start_from=&ucat=&

http://www.gamoh.org/en/index.php?s...41743&archive=&cnshow=news&start_from=&ucat=&

 

[insein]

so whats the jist, canavar? Are people upset at the hardline stance Iran is taking?

 

[dilloduck]

more pictures with burning cars and soon:
http://www.gamoh.org/en/index.php?s...85288&archive=&cnshow=news&start_from=&ucat=&

http://www.gamoh.org/en/index.php?s...41743&archive=&cnshow=news&start_from=&ucat=&

Thanks--always good to hear from your perspective.

 

[ekrem]

so whats the jist, canavar? Are people upset at the hardline stance Iran is taking?

In addition, thousands of the Azerbaijani people of Marand, Khoy and Maraga cities also protested Iranian racism in front of local government buildings.
Azeri Turk people are demanding national freedom. They want several changes in Iranian constitution to provide equality between Persian and Azeri Turk and other nations in Iran . They are demanding their language Azeri Turkish to be one of the official languages in Iran which is not allowed to be thought in schools and universities. And also they want of Iranian government to apologize to the Azeri Turk people. Demonstrations are being Continued and Azeris planning to express their demands by a huge demonstration in the capital-Tehran in the front of parliament on 28 of May.
http://www.gamoh.org/en/news.php?su...23716&archive=&cnshow=news&start_from=&ucat=&

It was because of a state-controlled newspaper portraying Azeris as cockroaches.
The paper was then closed for 1 day and some people of the newspaper were fired by the government.
But protests went on and with now more than 20 deads and protesters planning a huge demonstration in Teheran on 28 May.
The azeris are the biggest minority group.
Untill now, measured on the real size of Azeri minority, the partipation in these protests is very small. When there is a high participation in this demonstrations further to come then it will be very hard for Iran-government to handle with such masses.

 

[Diuretic]

So canavar, is this an issue between Persians and Azeris who are all Iranian nationals?

 

[USViking]

I myself would give Turkey a blank check green light
to seize and annex the majority-Turk province of
Tabriz from Iran.

While they are at it they can bomb a few nuclear plants.

 

[ekrem]

I myself would give Turkey a blank check green light
to seize and annex the majority-Turk province of
Tabriz from Iran.

While they are at it they can bomb a few nuclear plants.

We do not have interest in annexing Territory from Iran.
Azeri is the short form of Azerbaijanis.
As the name says there is a country called Azerbaijan and Iranian territory where Azeris live is called South-Azerbaijan. Azeris in Iran are not seperatists as they where the ruler class in Iran. Many heros in Iran are ethnically Azeris.
The Safavid
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/S/Safavid.asp
and Qajar Dynasties
http://www.iranchamber.com/history/qajar/qajar.php
which ruled Iran from 1500-1920 where ethnically Azeri/Turkomans.

Paralell to the Ottoman Empire Iran was also ruled by "Turks" (better: Turkic).
Ottoman-Turks as well as Iran-Turks had many wars. Source of this wars were differnce in Religion. Every time Ottoman Turks invaded Europe these Iranian-Turks invaded Ottoman Empire from the east, so that sunnite Ottoman empire had to concentrate on Christian Europe and Shia-Turks the same time.
If Iranian-Turks, as the ruler class of that time in Iran, would have been Sunnites as Ottoman Turks as well, maybe Europe's history would be different.

When in first World War in a background of imported Nationalism to the Mideast, Russians and British occupied Iran they removed Azeri rule over Iran. Maybe fearing that with Nationalism-ideology Turkey-Turks and Iran-Azeris could overcome their religious difference and unite under Nationalism.

From Azeri point of view Seperation from Iran is like giving up their history of about 400 years. Many Azeris think Iran is their country which they fought for in the past. But they have problem with Persian rule and they think they are discriminated by not acknowledging what Azeris have done for Iran. For them it is a normal-thing that Azeri culture, language should be officially recognized by Iran in form of a sort of authonomy.
But Azeris never did Terrorist attacks or made big problems in Iran.
Maybe the news of these days with protests in Azeri populated cities is the beginning of a change in this attitude. Of course initiated and financed by USA.

A good read on this is this link:
http://www.today.az/news/society/25350.html

Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review

Iranian intelligence: CIA and Mossad behind ethnic Azeri Turks unrest

The sources of the AIA's Turkish section reported that Iranian secret services claim that US and Israeli intelligence are behind recent revolts of the ethnic Azeri Turks in several Iranian cities including Tehran. To remind the Azeri riot was sparked by a cartoon in a conservative Iranian newspaper Iran in which the Azeri people, who comprise by the state statistics around a quarter of Iran's population, were caricatured as cockroaches. The government closed down the newspaper for "creating divisions within the people", condemned the cartoon and arrested the cartoonist and one of the newspaper's editors who are now being held in the notorious Evin Prison where political dissidents are usually imprisoned. The regime has also arrested 54 Azeris on charges of vandalism. The police have vowed to arrest more accused of violence. The riots, reaching 100 thousand participants were dispersed using brutal force – over 25 people were reported dead and 300 wounded.
One of the harshest battles took place in Tehran University's dormitory where antigovernment protests by students took place. Brigade General Morteza Talai, commander of the State Security Forces for Greater Tehran, admitted the unrest, saying that the protests erupted "during night time" and prompted the dispatch of SSF to the dormitory. The students clashed with the SSF and the protests spread to Kargar Shomali Street, forcing the suppressive forces to retreat. Admitting the extensive nature of the clashes, Talai said 40 SSF agents "had been injured and hospitalized", NCRI reported. The number of the wounded students is unknown.
Iranian intelligence officer in Tehran was quoted saying that "the ones inciting unrest and vandalism were all supported by foreigners. American and Israeli intelligence services have put Iran's ethnic issues on the agenda. Exploiting yesterday's move was in line with that". Iranian secret services say that CIA is using Azerbaijani territory for conducting subversive activity. The sources claim that the US is using, for example one of the dissidents - Mahmudali Chehraganli, the leader of the Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement (SANAM) which campaigns for self-determination of ethnically Azeri areas of Iran. Chehraganli is living in Washington after he escaped from Iran through Baku in 2002. He was quoted recently saying he plans to visit Azerbaijan and Turkey.
The Iranian secret services mark that during the riots in in Tabriz demonstrators chanted slogans such as "Azeri people will not tolerate sufferings" and "Chehraganli, the hero of Azerbaijan". They also fear that Turkish intelligence may join up forces with the US and Israeli agents.
Also it is claimed that foreign intelligence services managed to incite ethnical Azeri soldiers and security officers not to take part in quelling the riots.
It must be marked that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday addressing the people of Khorramshahr that "the enemies are aware that they cannot strike at Iran". That is why they are allegedly using other measures. “The enemies, who could not block Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear technology by exerting political pressures and manipulating international forums, have masterminded a plot against the nation and wish to spread seeds of discord and disappointment in the society", he said. "Those who boast of advocating human rights and democracy have conspired against the independence and freedom of the Iranian nation in the past 27 years", Ahmadinejad stressed.

http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=880

 

[Diuretic]

Thanks for the info canavar. It is not being reported in such depth in my country so that throws more light on it.

 

[ekrem]

more pics:

http://forum.bakililar.az/uploads/post-14146-1148616710.jpg
http://www.baybak.com/az/pictures/AzerbaijanAgainstRacism2006-05301.jpg
http://www.baybak.com/az/pictures/AzerbaijanRevolution2006A003.jpg
http://www.baybak.com/az/pictures/AzerbaijanAgainstRacism2006-05307.jpg
http://www.baybak.com/az/pictures/AzerbaijanAgainstRacism2006-05305.jpg
http://www.baybak.com/az/pictures/AzerbaijanAgainstRacism20060523016.jpg
http://www.baybak.com/az/pictures/AzerbaijanAgainstRacism20060523010.jpg
http://www.baybak.com/az/pictures/AzerbaijanAgainstRacism20060523001.jpg

 

[dilloduck]

OK where are all the folks who complain about how the Untied States interferes with the business of foreign countries? I'm glad to hear the Mossad is over there sneaking around with the CIA too!

 

[waltky]

48 Million Smartphones make a difference...

One Difference Between 2009 vs 2018 Iran Protests? 48 Million Smartphones
January 03, 2018 — In 2009, the world watched as Iranians marching in the streets turned to social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to organize and share information.

The technology-assisted protests were dubbed the first “Twitter revolution." Flash forward to 2018 and technology again is playing a role in demonstrations sweeping cities across Iran. But much has changed in the intervening years when it comes to the communication tools used by Iranian citizens for organizing and publicizing protests.

Here are some of the main changes:

1. The rise of smartphones has brought more Iranians on to the internet

In 2009, fewer than 15 percent of Iranians had internet access, according to the World Bank. While Twitter was used to get news of the protests out to the world, it is unclear how much of a role it or any service played to help organize political actions. Word of mouth, in some accounts, as well as SMS messaging over cellphones (and just 30 percent of Iranians owned a cell phone) played a larger role than internet services. Now, with the advent of smartphones in Iran - about half of Iranians, or 48 million people, have smartphones. More than 50 percent of Iranians are online.

People protest near the university of Tehran, Iran, Dec. 30, 2017 in this picture obtained from social media.​

2. An explosion in messaging options

In 2009, Facebook and Twitter were relatively new with Iranians accessing the services mostly on their desktop computers. As the 2009 protests unfolded, the Obama administration asked Twitter to delay an update that would have taken the service offline to allow Iranians to continue to use it. Now, Iranian citizens have a number of ways of receiving and sending messages – straight from the device they carry in their pockets.

Of these newer services, the most popular in Iran is Telegram, an instant messaging service that offers encrypted secret chats and channels, where people discuss news and current events. By one count, more than 100,000 Iranian channels are on Telegram. Facebook’s Instagram is the second most popular service. “Telegram channels are frequently used for organizing protests and for sharing political opinion,” said Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Supporters of the Iranian opposition movement wear green during the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri in the holy city of Qom​

As the protests continued, the Iranian government shut down Telegram and Instagram. But other messaging apps give users options. “Regime in Iran can shut down signal, telegram, etc., but differently from 2009, the whole country is connected and they have a long list of other messaging apps to use,” tweeted Jared Cohen, founder and chief executive of Jigsaw, an Alphabet company, and a senior fellow on the Council of Foreign Relations. “This time around, it's much harder to win a game of technology wack-a-mole.” And indeed, the head of Telegram took to Twitter on Tuesday to suggest users go to Whatsapp, which “remains fully accessible in Iran.”

3. Wider adoption of anti-filtering tools