Tehran Students Protest Ahmadinejad Speech

Demonstrators Call Iranian President "Dictator," Clash With Hardliners

(CBS/AP)  An estimated 100 students staged a rare demonstration Monday against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling him a "dictator," which prompted scuffles with hardline students at Tehran University.

Ahmadinejad, who was giving a speech to a select group at the university to mark the beginning of the academic year, ignored the chants of "death to the dictator" and continued with his speech on the merits of science and the pitfalls of Western-style democracy, witnesses said.

The protesters scuffled with hardline students who were chanting "thank you president" while police looked on from outside the university gates. The protesters dispersed after the car carrying Ahmadinejad left the campus.

Students were once the main power base of Iran's reform movement but have faced intense pressure in recent years from Ahmadinejad's hardline government, making anti-government protests rare.

The president faced a similar outburst during a speech last December when students at Amir Kabir Technical University called Ahmadinejad a dictator and set fire to his picture.

Hoping to avoid a similar disturbance Monday, organizers imposed tight security measures, checking the identity papers of all students entering the university and allowing only selected students into the hall. But the protesters were somehow able to gain entrance.

Iran's reform movement peaked in the late 1990s after former reformist president Mohammad Khatami was elected and his supporters swept parliament. But hardliners who control the judiciary, security forces and powerful unelected bodies in the government stymied attempts to ease social and political restrictions.

Numerous pro-reform newspapers were shut down, and since Ahmadinejad's election in 2005, those that remain have been muted in their criticism fearing closure.

At universities, pro-reform students have been marginalized, holding low-level meetings. They hold occasional demonstrations, usually to demand better school facilities or the release of detained colleagues. But pro-government student groups have grown more powerful.

Monday's student protests in Tehran followed Ahmadinejad's controversial appearance last month at Columbia University in New York, where the school's president blasted the Iranian leader for behaving like "a petty and cruel dictator."

[sgtrds]

The Iranian people are the most pro-West people in the Middle-East, but of course that''s not going to stop the mongoloid idiot chimp in the White House and his Nazi wannabe boss Cheney from attacking them and turning them into fervent nationalists against us.

[v_1618]

ALL THE GOVERMENTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE FASCIST AND COMMUNIST GOVERMENTS ALL THE GOVERMENTS FROM EUROPE UNITED STATES CHINA RUSSIA IRAQ ARE CORRUPT WHAT A HELL IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD-.. THEY ARE THE SAME **** .. ALL GOV. OF THE WORLD ARE A CORPORATE FASCIST AND MONOPOLIC ***... U.S. ALL EUROPE LATIN AMERICA ASIA AFRICA , THIS CAN GO LONG FOREVER.....


WWW.MONEYASDEBT.NET

WWW.ZEITGEISTMOVIE.COM

[gumbo1962]

Good for the students! Proud of them!
Good Job!

[ioweign]

The Iranian people are the most pro-West people in the Middle-East, but of course that''''s not going to stop the mongoloid idiot chimp in the White House and his Nazi wannabe boss Cheney from attacking them and turning them into fervent nationalists against us.

Posted by SgtRDS at 10:00 AM : Oct 08, 2007

They are very westernized. The Shah of Iran may have been a dictator, crushed opposition and very anti-female but he modernized and exposed Iranians to western ways. Ahmadinejad gives speeches to "select" groups practices the same behavior as the Shrub. Two peas in a pod !!

[emsaund1]

RE: TUCKERNDFW -- Your absolutely correct! We are funding the anti-ahmadine(jihad) government. But you are wrong on your insinuation that there are no oppressed Iranian people by that govt.

There are just as many anti-Americans in IRAN, just as there are many anti-Bush (such as yourself) here in America.

[prinzowhales]

"Death to the dictator" replacing "Death to America"?...the mild response of the Tehran regime tends to diminish the seriousness of the threat seemingly inherent in the word, "death". I''d be interested in finding out the exact nuance of this chant in Farsi.

[notblue]

"one hundred students staged a RARE demonstration" Unlke the ingrates that frequent these blogs here at leftwing central, it takes courage to demonstrate in Iran. While the keyboard cowards like tucker, sarge, Mcvet, whitman, and the reat of the jihadists continuously bash America and it''s policies from the comfort of there living rooms, others before them have actually fought evil to provide the very rights they use to destroy America and embloden the enemy. There self righteous condiscending blather is the mainstay of the left in this country, all critisim, no plan for victory, critique America while giving the TRUE evil of the world the benefit of the doubt. I guess there anti-American agenda is the only way to justify irrelivance similar to the militants wea are fighting.

[emsaund1]

RE: NOTBLUE -- How right you are my man, how right you are. The "Left" will never get it. But no worries, they are collapsing under their own naive statements they make everyday.

[emsaund1]

TUCKER -- You are right you know, in the "Left" world that you live in. But, the only problem is that most Americans are either middle of the road, conservative, or traditionalists.

Those people, they love the coutry (including me) that they live in. They can cut through the kind of mularky like you, and others, post on here. We are not buying your "Vision" of a one world govt, or, your vision of "leave everyone alone and they will go away" type of utopia that you hope gets created.

[ioweign]

While the keyboard cowards like tucker, sarge, Mcvet, whitman, and the reat of the jihadists continuously bash America and it''''s policies from the comfort of there living rooms, others before them have actually fought evil to provide the very rights they use to destroy America and embloden the enemy. There self righteous condiscending blather is the mainstay of the left in this country, all critisim, no plan for victory, critique America while giving the TRUE evil of the world the benefit of the doubt. I guess there anti-American agenda is the only way to justify irrelivance similar to the militants wea are fighting.

Posted by notblue at 11:02 AM : Oct 08, 2007

I have noticed that the majority of people (right,left,libertarian or whatever) that post comments here have served at one time, myself included. So your remark about keyboard warriors, is a two edged sword - who was it that announced "Mission Accomplished" !!

No plan for victory - like the shrub listens to anybody !!

[emsaund1]

TUCKER -- Let the "Police" handle terrorism? HAHAHA. You share the same philosophy as the Sanduval character out in San Francisco does. HAHAHAHA

Police.....gimme a break! The police arent trained to fight terrorism on a global scale. However, the FBI and the CIA do a pretty good job. But, the military has the hardware to make the strikes that are needed.

TUCKER, combating terrorism is a "Combined" effort from all law enforcement agency''s, the military, and the govt.

[brianbwb-2009]

Ahmadinejad is Iran''s problem, not the US''s.

Any chicken hawk advocating we act militarily against him is not only a fool, but a traitor, because such an act will irreparably harm the US.

[emsaund1]

RE: IOWEIGN -- "Mission Accomplished"? Why, yes it was....we took the capital in IRAQ at record pace.

However, the insurgency we didnt count on, that''s for sure. A mistake, that we did not see.

[emsaund1]

TUCKER -- Ok, I wont comment on the oil prices, etc...because, I, like you, believe that the oil companies are gouging us.

However, I pose this question to you. If the CIA and the FBI failed to connect the dots, so to speak, of the terrorists that hit my country, what makes you think that the local police (who arent privy to any intelligence mind you) are going to do a better job at combating terrorism?

Your a little off your game today TUCKER......

[feedback3-2009]

The sheep look up. About freakin'' time!

PS to "tuckerndfw":
I DO think "George Bush really is a total idiot".

[bogusbones]

What we fail to recognize that there are hard line religious zealots in all these countries and these people all think that their model (for their country and the road to God) is not only the best model but the model everyone should use. This type of inflexible and intolerant attitude is a recipe for disaster that may in time, mean the death of millions of innocents.

[yankeerebel7]

Leave it to raving anti-Bush fanatics to turn a story about pro western students protesting against the Iranian govt into a "Ahmadinejad is better than Bush" diatribe.

Sometimes you just gotta LOL at the left-wing meltdowns posted on every thread.

[emsaund1]

Ok TUCKER -- Suppose I succumb to your point of view. What then, are we to do when more terrists want to fly planes, etc, into buildings of the US? What then are we to say to countries in the middle east that prop up terrorist training camps in order to invade the US at any given moment?

Are we to say, "Hey, this is not a military matter. If you dont stop the training camps, we are going to send the Colorado Police Dept after you?"

Come on man, surely your arent that naive?

Look, every govt makes mistakes. Every govt lies to its people. If you think by fostering your one world govt views is going to make a difference, it''s not.

[ioweign]

Leave it to raving anti-Bush fanatics to turn a story about pro western students protesting against the Iranian govt into a "Ahmadinejad is better than Bush" diatribe.

Sometimes you just gotta LOL at the left-wing meltdowns posted on every thread.

Posted by YankeeRebel7 at 11:44 AM : Oct 08, 2007



Actually they are two peas in a pod - they both exhibit some of the same behavior.

[emsaund1]

TUCKER -- Was 9/11 a fraud? What''s your solution to end more 9/11''s

[yankeerebel7]

tuckerndfw: Which nation is currently militarily occupying two other nations with the expressed purpose of imposing "western values" (aka "Judeo-Christianity") on them at the point of a gun?

First, an international co-alition is in Afghanistan. Second, we weren''t in either country until islamic extremists declared, then executed, an act of war against the US, slaying 3000 US civilans...with the explicit sponsorship of the Taliban. The US has rightly retaliated for this act of war.

[prinzowhales]

The supporters of the idiot Chimp and his cloven-hooved Neo-scum War Pigs, consistently attack their opponents as "anti-American".

It is Bush and the Washington Regime who are anti-American and internationalist. They leave our borders open despite the flood of illegals and the faux-War on Terror. They attack our citizens with false flag operations. They wage wars for oil and drugs. They attempt to overthrow the Bill of Rights and call our Constitution "just a G-- D--- piece of paper." They threaten force against nations that have lived up to their treaty obligations with military strikes and war. They murder helpless civilians and try to cover up war crimes.

These are the anti-Americans. These are the anti-Constitutionalists. These are the big-government internationalists--and most of them are just too War Pig stupid to even realize.

The Giuliani and Clinton campaigns are calling for your support, War Pigs!....Can''t you hear them? Sou-sou-sou-eeeeeee!

[notblue]

Don''t waist your time on Tucker, he won''t even admit there is an enemy attacking the free world called "radical Islam". He obviously didn''t VOLUNTEER to fight in VIET NAM like the brave Americans who are fighting the war on terror. He is obviously an angry dissillusioned man who is either a payed leftwing hack or a militant Jihadist pretending to be a liberal American.

[emsaund1]

TUCKER -- How is the San Francisco PD supposed to deter the 9/11 hijackers that originated from Saudi soil?

[emsaund1]

Re: NOTBLUE -- Yes, I agree with you. It''s either or, in my book, about TUCKER.

[emsaund1]

TUCKER -- Your the one that said "Terrorism" should be a police matter. I only asked you if you thought the intelligence was shared by the FBI/CIA to the local police departments.

Since you think that the Police is the only entity that should be combating terrorism (in which you didnt answer my direct question to you), I will ask you again. What is your solution to terrorism.

I know your historically known for not aswering direct questions (just like Democracts), but, could you do me this one favor? Could you asnwer the direct question........please?

[usayesterday]

Tucker,

Did you watch "Zeitgeistmovie.com"?

You mentioned earlier that invading Afghanistan and Iraq were BOTH ill advised and unwarranted. Just wondering.

[usayesterday]

TUCKER -- How is the San Francisco PD supposed to deter the 9/11 hijackers that originated from Saudi soil?

Posted by emsaund1 at 12:26 PM : Oct 08, 2007
............

Actually, San Francisco is considered as one of many "sanctuary cities" in the U.S., meaning that the SFPD does not assist the CIA, FBI, or ICE in determining/confirming the immigration status of any of its citizens. This clearly makes it easier for a terrorist sleeper cell to operate in that city. Not only because of the sanctuary status, but also due to the wide ethnic diversity... the potential terrorists would easily "blend in" better.

[ioweign]

I know your historically known for not aswering direct questions (just like Democracts), but, could you do me this one favor?

Posted by emsaund1 at 12:49 PM : Oct 08, 2007

Historically huh ! Where was congressional oversight prior to Nov. 2006 ? Now that the Democrats control congress you have oversight and you complain about that "questioning" !

[usayesterday]

Terrorism is a tactic, it is not an enemy than can be defeated.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 12:59 PM : Oct 08, 2007
................

EXCELLENT!

Tucker, you''re one of so few who actually knows the true definition of "terrorism". Bravo!

[v_1618]

WWW.MONEYASDEBT.NET

WWW.ZEITGEISTMOVIE.COM

[yankeerebel7]

Peas in the same pod? Bush would like to define marriage as a union between man and woman...while Ahmadinejad publically denies the existence of an entire category of his citizens. You need to put things in perspective.

[usayesterday]

The entire "war on terror" is a fraud and was engineered by the Bush administration.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 01:03 PM : Oct 08, 2007
..................

This is very true.

I turned Feelfree onto that movie a few months ago, and it is very interesting/informative. I see others are also promoting the movie on their posts as well.

Whether you watch the movie or not, it''s nice to know you are keen to Bush''s ulterior motives in this whole "war on terror" sham.

[v_1618]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy-fD78zyvI

the sad truth about all the goverments of the world

[emsaund1]

TUCKER -- Hmmmm...My question is "Nonsesicle" and, "Terrorsm cannot be defeated"...as posed by you. HAHAHAHA. Your a trip kid.....

Dont be mad TUCKER, your girl Hillary will NOT be elected President. Giuliani is your man. And with that, we will continue the fight agains terrorism (without the SFPD, mind you)

I think I''ve laid out my case to you and I hope that "People with common sense" can see your replies to my questions to you.

George Soros would be proud of you. But, then again, you will be defreated at the polls.

[v_1618]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy-fD78zyvI

[prinzowhales]

tuckerndfw--Have you read about Operation GLADIO? I was at an intel site in the middle seventies...they had three M-16s and two clips of ammo for the gate guards...after intel said an American target in northern Germany was going to be hit...the morons sent us an M-16 for everyone in our little command... but no more ammo, doubled the guard...putting a man with no cover 50 feet up on a tower that was lit up at night...

Baeder Meinhof, within the last couple of years, hit a German banker who had crossed the Establishment. I always had the feeling that it was a government run terror enterprise...like much of the IRA...

[emsaund1]

TUCKER -- Again, a deflection by you answering a direct question. Very good....VERY GOOOOOOD....

[s1ckd09]

"There is no way that anyone can conspire to launch an international plot that spans several years and several continents without law enforcement/intelligence agencies being aware of that plot."
Posted by tuckerndfw at 11:59 AM : Oct 08, 2007

I''m confused... aren''t you saying that Bush did the same thing? That 9/11 was a fraud, that the wars are for drugs and oil, that these "war profiteers" somehow have the power to "not allow anyone to be elected who does not support their thievery?" It seems you are saying that Bush is the smartest man in the world, because he has pulled off all of this without anyone ever being able to make a case against him while also being able to pull off all of the massive 9/11 cover up stuff in a mere 8 months of being in office.

[yankeerebel7]

Calling the War on Terror a "fraud"...wow, I hope mainstream America see''s that this is the view of some of the nutcases that will be supporting the Democrat nominee for Commander in Chief. It will hurt their election chances unless they distance themselves from these people, which they surely will.

[s1ckd09]

If Americans weren''''t so stupid, Bush would have been impeached no later than the end of 2002.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:05 PM : Oct 08, 2007

So you''re saying that our entire Congress is made up of these "stupid" people unable to impeach Bush?

[ioweign]

If Americans weren''''''''t so stupid, Bush would have been impeached no later than the end of 2002.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:05 PM : Oct 08, 2007

So you''''re saying that our entire Congress is made up of these "stupid" people unable to impeach Bush?

Posted by s1ckd09 at 02:33 PM : Oct 08, 2007



Who controlled Congress back in 2002 ??

[s1ckd09]

BTW, in case you haven''''t noticed, elections are controlled by money.

The vast majority (over 90%) of Americans do not participate in or give money to political campaigns.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:25 PM : Oct 08, 2007

In case YOU haven''t noticed, money raised does not buy votes. You can argue about influence all you want, but no amount of money can buy a vote. I have never voted for anyone because they raised a certain amount of money. But apparently you have, along with your 90% of America.

[s1ckd09]

Bush isn''''t pulling off a nefarious criminal plot, he is doing it in plain sight.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:05 PM : Oct 08, 2007

Wow, so he''s even smarter than I originally thought to be able to be so "obvious" about it and STILL have nothing to be able to be prosecuted for. I have even MORE respect for him now! Thanks!

[ioweign]

Wow, so he''''s even smarter than I originally thought to be able to be so "obvious" about it and STILL have nothing to be able to be prosecuted for. I have even MORE respect for him now! Thanks!

Posted by s1ckd09 at 02:43 PM : Oct 08, 2007

But will you still love him after he is charged with War Crimes !!

[ioweign]

Wow, so he''''''''s even smarter than I originally thought to be able to be so "obvious" about it and STILL have nothing to be able to be prosecuted for. I have even MORE respect for him now! Thanks!

Posted by s1ckd09 at 02:43 PM : Oct 08, 2007

Hmmmm....How smart??


On September 16, 2004 Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, said of the invasion, "I have indicated it was not in conformity with the UN charter. From our point of view, from the charter point of view, it was illegal."

[s1ckd09]

The "war on terror" is the smokescreen behind which he hides, but it is a very thin screen. The majority of the world outside the US sees right through it.

Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:05 PM : Oct 08, 2007


I would love to see the stats back this statement up. But I bet all you will be able to come up with is opinion polls that say they have some doubt about the "official story". This is not the same as "seeing right through it", nor is it based on anything other than opinion.
Even the zeitgeist movie has such blatant lies and misinformation that it makes it difficult to trust any of it. I wonder if the "majority of the rest of the world" believes everything in that propaganda piece?

[s1ckd09]

Posted by s1ckd09 at 02:33 PM : Oct 08, 2007

Who controlled Congress back in 2002 ??

I assume by your question you are saying that because Republicans controlled Congress, that impeachment proceedings were impossible? So how many times were impeachment proceedings shot down by the Republican controlled Congress?

[prinzowhales]

tuckernfdw--Our official plan was to escort the Golf Delta dependents along the FEBA to Bremerhaven for evacuation--needless to say we had our own evac plan. :) ''wouldn''t have mattered in any event...we were so close to the border the Spetznatz would have been on and over us a long time before the sun came up.

[s1ckd09]

On September 16, 2004 Kofi Annan, the Secretary General of the United Nations, said of the invasion, "I have indicated it was not in conformity with the UN charter. From our point of view, from the charter point of view, it was illegal."

Posted by IOWEIGN at 02:50 PM : Oct 08, 2007

Well, there you have it. The supreme ruler of the world, Kofi Annan, said it was illegal. Did he also say that the actions taken in the oil-for-food scandal in which he was deeply involved was corrupt and illegal also? He surely didn''t have a conflict of interest, now did he?