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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday December 31 2017, @01:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the human-rights++ dept.

Iranian cities hit by anti-government protests

Anti-government demonstrations that began in Iran on Thursday have now spread to several major cities. Large numbers reportedly turned out in Rasht, in the north, and Kermanshah, in the west, with smaller protests in Isfahan, Hamadan and elsewhere. The protests began against rising prices but have spiralled into a general outcry against clerical rule and government policies.

A small number of people have been arrested in Tehran, the capital. They were among a group of 50 people who gathered in a city square, Tehran's deputy governor-general for security affairs told the Iranian Labour News Agency.

The US State Department condemned the arrests and urged "all nations to publicly support the Iranian people and their demands for basic rights and an end to corruption".

Also at Bloomberg and Reuters.

Update: Street protests hit Iran for third straight day as pro-government rallies held
Iran Confronts 3rd Day of Protests, With Calls for Khamenei to Quit

Update 2: Iran blocks Instagram, Telegram apps as government protesters will 'pay the price' for unrest (archive)
CEO says Iran blocking (Telegram) messaging app after issuing warning to protesters
Iran protests: 'Iron fist' threatened if unrest continues


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday December 31 2017, @04:14PM (11 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday December 31 2017, @04:14PM (#616149) Journal

    Also, any reference to "Arab Spring" is mortally insulting to Persians.

    Not really. It's been applied to countries that are neither Arab nor Persian.

    http://en.thegreatmiddleeast.com/2017/04/putin-fears-an-arab-spring-in-russia/ [thegreatmiddleeast.com]
    https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/online-articles/arab-spring-coming-china-missing-piece-puzzle [columbia.edu]

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Geezer on Sunday December 31 2017, @04:28PM (10 children)

    by Geezer (511) on Sunday December 31 2017, @04:28PM (#616152)

    And that makes it less inappropriate...how?

    Persians have always held Arabs in a sort of benign contempt, like uncivilized barbarians.

    • (Score: 2, Troll) by takyon on Sunday December 31 2017, @04:32PM (9 children)

      by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday December 31 2017, @04:32PM (#616153) Journal

      The Chinese have held the whole world in a sort of benign contempt, like uncivilized barbarians.

      The Persians can complain about what they want to call it after they finish overthrowing their government. Until then, they're just losers.

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      • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Sunday December 31 2017, @04:58PM (8 children)

        by Thexalon (636) on Sunday December 31 2017, @04:58PM (#616158)

        Conveniently, the Americans have held the whole world in a sort of benign contempt, like uncivilized barbarians.

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        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 31 2017, @05:15PM (5 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 31 2017, @05:15PM (#616161)

          Also, uncivilized barbarians have held Americans in a sort of benign contempt, like uncivilized barbarians.

          What have we learned here?

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 31 2017, @06:13PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 31 2017, @06:13PM (#616174)

            To be fair, Americans do plenty to deserve their benign contempt. :)

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 31 2017, @10:24PM (3 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 31 2017, @10:24PM (#616235)

            What have we learned here?

            Evidently, not syntax!

            Conveniently, the Americans have held the whole world in a sort of benign contempt, like uncivilized barbarians.

            Meaning, "held in contempt, as uncivilized barbarians are wont to do"? Or "held in contempt because they regarded them as uncivilized barbarians."?

            You said:

            uncivilized barbarians have held Americans in a sort of benign contempt, like uncivilized barbarians.

            Are you saying that even uncivilized barbarians regard Americans as uncivilized barbarians, and thus hold them in contempt? Certainly explains Trump! Make America Barbaric Again! #MABA!

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @12:53AM (2 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @12:53AM (#616288)

              What have we learned here?

              Evidently, not syntax!

              Evidently you're a twat!

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @01:09AM (1 child)

                by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @01:09AM (#616291)

                That's "Mongol" to you, you stupid Mongoloid!

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @12:25PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01 2018, @12:25PM (#616394)

                  Given that barbarian means "who speaks in a funny, uncivilized way" that is, doesn't speak Latin, I guess we're all barbarians. We certainly behave as such.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 31 2017, @07:00PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 31 2017, @07:00PM (#616181)

          Like a bunch of goddamn Mongols :)

          The Mongols meanwhile have been mostly minding their own business stuck between Russia and China and slowly being corrupted to the capitalist ways, their former method of land (dis)ownership giving way to a more traditional form of land ownership, the kind that is a sickness and plague upon all living individuals.