Their spirit won't die and it can't be suppressed. In fact the more the Iranian gov't tries to suppress the Iranian freedom movement the more determined they seem to get. And many in the movement are now publically and vociferously calling for the end of Theocratic rule in Iran!
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iran’s broadest and most violent protest in months spilled over into a second day on Tuesday, as bloody clashes broke out on university campuses between students chanting antigovernment slogans and the police and Basij militia members.
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Monday’s protests marked a striking escalation in direct attacks on the country’s theocratic foundation and not just on the June presidential elections, which the opposition has attacked as fraudulent. Protesters burned pictures of Ayatollah Khamenei, and even the father of the 1979 revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. They held up flags from which the "Allah" emblem, added after the revolution, had been removed.
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.... in recent months, it has become unclear how much Mr. Moussavi speaks for the opposition, which includes many who appear to be taking a more radical approach and demanding an end to the theocracy. During Monday’s demonstrations, there were fewer people with clothing or banners in the trademark bright-green color of Mr. Moussavi’s presidential campaign. And there were more chants aimed directly at Ayatollah Khamenei — a taboo that has increasingly eroded since the election. In addition to the now common chants of "death to the dictator," some protesters chanted, "Khamenei knows his time is up" on Monday.
Dozens of student leaders had been arrested leading up to these latest protests.
During the weeks leading up to Students' Day (7 December), dozens of student leaders were arrested to block them from organising protests. It is a symbolic day to mark the student movement's leading role in the process of democratisation in Iran. This year the students used it for expressing their dismay with suppression of academic freedoms.
Students are increasingly angered since many are harassed for political activism and barred from their university. There is also disenchantment with the way study subjects are being replaced by religious studies in the curriculum. Teaching of political thought is limited to Islamic and religious thought.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...
Hundreds more were arrested yesterday.
As the scale of Monday’s demonstrations became clearer, Tehran’s police chief announced that 204 people had been arrested in the capital, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported. The clashes took place on campuses in cities across the country, as students and opposition members took advantage of National Student Day to vent their rage despite a lengthy and wide-ranging government effort to forestall them.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
Here's a viddee of the protests with captions that read:
Flags of Iran wave in the hands of crowd without the sign of Islamic Republic.
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What has happened to the oil money? It has gone into the pockets of the Basij.
Power to the People!
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