A hunger strike in the works (http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/07/iran-revolution-day-27-mullahs-use-axes-daggers-to-attack-iranian.html)? If the government does not have a problem killing the protesters, I am not sure they are going to have much of a problem with the protesters hurting themselves. It may however get some renewed attention from the world press.
Protests video.
A video at http://shooresh1917.blogspot.com/2009/07/guards-are-speaking-arabic.html is said to be of guards speaking Arabic (not Farsi). If that is the case, it could be evidence that the Iranian authorities are importing thugs to beat down the protesters.
Calls for "International Criminal Court to prosecute the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, for crimes against humanity." (http://shooresh1917.blogspot.com/2009/07/khamenei-must-be-prosecuted-for-crimes.html).
A call from within the Iranian government for tolerance was met with a promise from a different part of the government of violence against the protesters; "A top advisor to Iran's supreme leader Saturday urged the country's establishment to be more tolerant of dissent, even as military officials stepped up their rhetoric in the latest signs of divisions created by the marred reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad one month ago.
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Providing an unyielding counterpoint, Maj. Gen. Hassan Firoozabadi, the armed forces chief of staff, issued stern warnings against protesters.
"God has chosen us in military uniform to sacrifice our lives against the enemies," he said, according to the Iranian Students News Agency, or ISNA. "Certain individuals and groups imagine that we will back down if they shout slogans against us. We have come to die, and we have proved our determination during the war with Iraq."" (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran12-2009jul12,0,2061606.story).
Interesting first hand account from a Basij at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124726981104525893.html.
Political cartoons relating to the fraudulent Iranian election from the Arab media (http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA53409): (much more at the source)
"Iranian Elections"
Khamenei Guards the Election Results, Ignores the Civil Revolt
Ahmadinejad Shouts "Stop" to Wave Of "Protests"
More thoughts on the five Iranians freed by Obama by Andrew McCarthy at http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjY0MjkwOWVkYTNlYzE2ZjM1N2E5M2M0MTdiYTI3MzM.
Iranian authorities are using social media to try and find protesters (http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/07/10/are_iranian_authorities_more_sophisticated_than_we_think). Not much of a surprise here, but a good reminder to be careful.
Past related posts:
Berman Post: Iranian Election Viewed as Rigged
Berman Post: Iranian Election Fraud Protest (NYC)
Berman Post: Iranian Riots Continue
Berman Post: Iranian Election Fraud Riots (Day Three)
Berman Post: Iranian Election Fraud Riots (Day Four)
Berman Post: Iranian Election Fraud Protest at Union Square (NYC)
Berman Post: Iranian Election Fraud Riots (Day Five)
Berman Post: Iranian Election Fraud Riots (Day Six)
Berman Post: Prayer Vigil For The Fallen Iranian Protesters (NYC)
Berman Post: Iranian Election Fraud Riots (Day Seven)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Eight)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Nine)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Ten)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Eleven)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Twelve)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Thirteen)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Fourteen)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Fifteen)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Sixteen)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Seventeen)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Eighteen)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Nineteen)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Twenty)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Twenty-One)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Twenty-Two)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Twenty-Three)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Twenty-Four)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Twenty-Five)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Twenty-Six)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Twenty-Seven)
Berman Post: Iranian Revolution (Day Twenty-Eight)
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