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category international | anti-capitalism | news report author Tuesday June 23, 2009 22:32author by Anne McShane - Hands Off the People Of Iranauthor email Anne at hopoi dot infoauthor phone 0862343238 Report this post to the editors

A militant lively protest

Hands off the People of Iran held a very successful demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy in Dublin last Saturday, 20 June. We will continue our protest this coming Saturday 27 June at 2pm, Central Bank, Dame Street Dublin.

Protests in Iran
Protests in Iran

The demonstration began at 1pm, at the same time that people were taking to the streets of Tehran in defiance of the oppressive state forces. A number of Iranian activists joined us as well as members of Irish left wing groups and campaigns. We chanted slogans in support of the struggle and called for the overthrow of the Islamic republic. We also made clear in our speeches and slogans that we are against any imperialist intervention in Iran – any US attempt at regime change from above must be opposed. The hell holes created by imperialism in Afghanistan and Iraq are examples of the terrible devastation wrought by imperialism.

One of Iranian comrades did a fantastic job on the megaphone, shouting ‘marg bar Ahmadinejad, marg bar Moussavi, marg bar Khamenei’. He and most other Iranians there were fully supportive of our principled position on imperialism. However a leading member of a group called ‘Free Iran’ was opposed to our anti-imperialism and said he supported sanctions. We made it clear that we will not countenance any compromise on this vital question. The US, under Bush or Obama is not a friend, but a dangerous enemy of the Iranian people.

We continued our discussions later at a meeting in Seomra Spraoi, where the debate centred on the prospects for the left in Iran and whether the protests are simply about rigged elections. It was a passionate and lively debate and we finished by agreeing to organise another demo this coming Saturday pm at the Central Bank, Dame Street Dublin. We will also be holding meetings in other cities, with a meeting in Cork on 2 July, 8pm Victoria Hotel Patrick Street.

Join us in showing your solidarity. Let’s send a message to the protestors in Iran that we are on their side!
Contact Anne on 086 23 43 238 Anne@hopoi.info www.hopi-Ireland.org

author by twittered outpublication date Thu Jun 25, 2009 03:10author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Interesting (long) and comprehensively sourced article.

Following the announcement of victory for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his main opponent Mir Hossein Mousavi in Iran’s presidential election on June 12, the country erupted in turmoil as supporters of Mousavi flocked to the streets to protest what they claimed was a fraudulent election, while state security and militia forces cracked down on dissenters, sometimes violently. Iran claimed that the unrest was being fueled by foreign interference, a charge reported but generally dismissed in Western media accounts. But there is ample reason to believe that the U.S. likely had a hand in fomenting the chaos that has since plagued the country many commentators have compared to the 1979 revolution that overthrew the Shah.

http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2009/06/23/has-the-...tion/

author by pat cpublication date Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:32author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Long the article is and its certainly sourced but it tells us nothing new. We all know that the CIA et al have funded some Iranian opposiotion groups but there is nothing in the article which gives any credibility to the notion that the CIA & Mossad have gotten millions of people onto the streets.

No, this is a genuine uprising of ordinary people whose protests now threaten the very existence of the Theocracy. Oil and Transport workers have now called for a General Strike. Everyone who believes in democracy should be supporting these protests against the Iranian Dictatorship.

author by Joe Murphypublication date Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:28author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Some photos from the demo at the embassy last weekend.

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