By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
There were protests in Mashad, Iran yesterday. The protestors shouted "Death to the dictator", "Death to [Hassan] Rouhani", "Don't be afraid, we are together", "Not Gaza, nor Lebanon, my life for Iran." They also shouted "long live Reza." That is a shout for the Shah.
There are reports that Iran arrested 1000 protestors.
Mashad is the second largest city in Iran located in north east Iran.
The protests illustrate a real crack in the Iranian system, it proves that people are willing to go to jail in order to express their dissent against tyranny and religious dictatorship.
People who live in Iran and are willing to chant "Don't be afraid, we are together," "Not Gaza, nor Lebanon, my life for Iran" are not afraid of the consequences.
Even more and more people will attend the next protests - but there are only so many prisons in Iran.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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