tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665280159887667854.post4025465735979132733..comments2023-11-03T08:36:57.066-04:00Comments on D.C. Exile: The End of the OppositionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665280159887667854.post-23666009848464778632009-06-25T14:43:08.304-04:002009-06-25T14:43:08.304-04:00Colin,
Ben had mentioned that pattern a few days a...Colin,<br />Ben had mentioned that pattern a few days ago and perhaps that will come to pass. It would put a strain of resources on the government to maintain the level of suppression necessary to prevent the planning and coordination of a memorial service/protest to say coincide with Neda's death.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621444962752348431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665280159887667854.post-15933846034621467792009-06-25T14:28:02.722-04:002009-06-25T14:28:02.722-04:00Well, that didn't work too well -- I'll ju...Well, that didn't work too well -- I'll just go to the cut and paste:<br /><br />The first militant anti-Shah demonstrations were in October 1977, after the death of Khomeini's son Mostafa.[79] Khomeini's activists numbered "perhaps a few hundred in total", but over the coming months they grew to a mass of several thousand demonstrators in most cities of Iran.[80]<br /><br />The first casualties suffered in major demonstrations against the Shah came in January 1978. Hundreds of Islamist students and religious leaders in the city of Qom were furious over a story in the government-controlled press they felt was libelous. <b>The army was sent in, dispersing the demonstrations and killing several students (two to nine according to the government, 70 or more according to the opposition).</b>[81][82]<br /><br />According to the Shi'ite customs, memorial services (called Arba'een) are held forty days after a person's death. In mosques across the nation, calls were made to honour the dead students. Thus on February 18 groups in a number of cities marched to honour the fallen and protest against the rule of the Shah. This time, violence erupted in Tabriz, where five hundred demonstrators were killed according to the opposition, ten according to the government. The cycle repeated itself, and on March 29, a new round of protests began across the nation. Luxury hotels, cinemas, banks, government offices, and other symbols of the Shah regime were destroyed; again security forces intervened, killing many. On May 10 the same occurred.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573575140584770666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665280159887667854.post-85396242754585082472009-06-25T14:26:33.926-04:002009-06-25T14:26:33.926-04:00This is worth a read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...This is worth a read:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution#Start_of_demonstrations_in_late_1977Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573575140584770666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665280159887667854.post-36656719254977519372009-06-25T14:20:44.209-04:002009-06-25T14:20:44.209-04:00It's probably useful to remember that the firs...It's probably useful to remember that the first protests against the Shah began in January 1978 while he did not fall until mid-January 1979. It may be mistaken to conflate an end to protests with an end to opposition.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573575140584770666noreply@blogger.com