The casual news consumer became well aware of the anti-government protests that broke out in Iran on Dec. 28.
Even the careful news watcher would be excused for thinking the regime succeeded in suppressing the protests and restoring "Order."
Protests broke out in more than a dozen Iranian cities on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, with Iranians chanting slogans that rejected the regime's legitimacy.
Residents in the mostly Arab-populated Khuzestan Province have also protested against the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting organization, which aired a children's program that excluded Arabs from a map purportedly showing the geographic locations of Iran's different ethnic minorities.
In the same month, protests over water broke out in the central city of Isfahan, with farmers chanting the tongue-in-cheek slogan, "Death to farmers, long live oppressors!" The demonstrations quickly became violent after riot police came to the scene.
The government may be unwilling to meet the demands of its people, but Iran's leadership knows it cannot ignore these protests.
Iranians protest not because they have the freedom to assemble and express themselves; they protest because they don't, and because many are determined to no longer live under a clerical regime that cares about imperialist ambitions and protecting its own financial interests rather than serving its people.
http://freebeacon.com/blog/iran-protests-no-one-covering/
Even the careful news watcher would be excused for thinking the regime succeeded in suppressing the protests and restoring "Order."
Protests broke out in more than a dozen Iranian cities on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, with Iranians chanting slogans that rejected the regime's legitimacy.
Residents in the mostly Arab-populated Khuzestan Province have also protested against the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting organization, which aired a children's program that excluded Arabs from a map purportedly showing the geographic locations of Iran's different ethnic minorities.
In the same month, protests over water broke out in the central city of Isfahan, with farmers chanting the tongue-in-cheek slogan, "Death to farmers, long live oppressors!" The demonstrations quickly became violent after riot police came to the scene.
The government may be unwilling to meet the demands of its people, but Iran's leadership knows it cannot ignore these protests.
Iranians protest not because they have the freedom to assemble and express themselves; they protest because they don't, and because many are determined to no longer live under a clerical regime that cares about imperialist ambitions and protecting its own financial interests rather than serving its people.
http://freebeacon.com/blog/iran-protests-no-one-covering/
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