Opposition Leader Mousavi's Nephew Shot Dead in Tehran Protests (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, December 27, 2009, 11:03 AM
The nephew of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was reportedly among eight people killed in clashes between police and protesters in Tehran.
Iran Press News (Farsi) posted video of the killing in Tehran:
Aljazeera reported:
An aide to the leader said on Sunday that Seyyed Ali Mousavi died after being shot by the police, but the claim could not be independently verified as foreign news organisations are barred by the authorities from covering street unrest.
Iranian state television, however, confirmed that several people were killed in clashes.
Opposition websites said at least four protesters had been killed in the capital Tehran while another four died in a violent crackdown on opposition protests in the northwestern city of Tabriz.
Mousavi’s Web site, Kaleme.ir, also reported that Mousavi’s nephew was among the dead today.
UPDATE: BBC Video– Mousavi went to the hospital where it was confirmed that his nephew had been shot dead by the regime.
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Just_Saying commented:
And Obummer can’t be reached because he’s on vacation…
(at our expense)
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Winston commented:
Where is this a%%hole Marxist president of the US to condemn these atrocities? What a disgrace Obama has become….
hermie commented:
Haven’t you heard?
Obama considered the government tyo be ‘fairly’ elected, and anything they do is legitimate. He has no interest in actual democracy gaining a foothold in Iran. (Or even Iraq and Afghanistan, since he has always wanted the US to abandon the people there to Taliban and other Islamic facist thugs.)
gus commented:
Remember Opies comment?
“Uh, we are excited to see what appears to be a robust debate taking place in Iran …”
Seriously people. Is there ANYTHING that Obama has gotten RIGHT thus far?
ANYTHING?
Militant Conservative commented:
Democrats in general are why we are hated by those we help. Democrats hang them out to dry. Liberals must be judged by thier intent not the results Gus.
Road to hell is paved with……..
David commented:
The butcher mullahs in Iran wished a weak, useless and coward president like Jimmy Carter in the US and they got a child/man who is far worse than Carter. Hussein Obama is worthless.
Greg commented:
Obama was not elected to promote freedom. He was elected to destroy it on behalf of those who think they have the right to force others to do what they are told to do.
bg commented:
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via WSJ
Kerry of Tehran
His trip would convey legitimacy that the dictatorship
is especially eager to have at the current moment.
[John Kerry lost the Secretary of State sweepstakes to Hillary Clinton,
but that hasn't lowered his diplomatic ambitions. The Journal reported Thursday that the Senate Foreign Relations Chairman is mulling a trip
to Iran, and with the blessing of the Obama Administration.
If the mullahs had any sense, they'd send him a government plane. Beset by almost daily demonstrations by a democratic opposition that has been growing despite beatings and arrests since the stolen June election, Mr. Kerry would arrive from Washington to show the Iranian people that at least someone still favors the regime. He would be the most senior American to visit Tehran in 30 years and his trip would convey legitimacy that the dictatorship is especially eager to have at the current moment.
The Kerry mission would also look like a panicky effort to persuade the Ayatollah Ali Khamanei to accept the increasingly plaintive U.S. offers
of engagement. Mr. Obama has set the end of this month as his latest deadline for progress on nuclear talks before he says he'll seek tougher sanctions against Iran at the U.N.
But if a year of personal Presidential letters and Administration entreaties hasn't worked, why would a Senatorial trip? The regime would probably exploit the visit for its own domestic purposes, perhaps adding to its P.R. coup by releasing to Mr. Kerry the three hapless American hikers it has promised to put on trial for having "suspicious aims" as they wandered across the border with Iraq.
The Iranians who need support now are the democrats in prison, in the streets, and increasingly in the mosques as the regime loses its legitimacy even among many clerics. Please do them no more harm, Senator.]
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Joanne commented:
The Iranian President was as fairly elected as the American ‘President’, considering Obama is not even eligible with his dual citizenship to be POTUS, so why would anyone think that Obama
wouldn’t support President Amanutjob’s tactics to hold onto power any which way he can. Americans should watch and take notes on the uprising in Iran, because Obama’s tactics to deal with dissenting Americans – you know the tea party protesters, military, right-wingers, Christians – will vary little.
Boogy commented:
Obummer is very happy that a freedom fighter was killed by his beloved oppressor regime.
“foreign news organisations are barred by the authorities ” as Obummer recommended. Control the information so the Obummer can become the dictator henchman.
nadadhimmi commented:
So John Effing Kerry is going to Iran. For what? To inform Obama on the best way to beat down and kill protesters? They better study hard after acorn and SEIU steal the ’12 election. I honestly believe the next election will be fixed and a revolution will occur here. It will all depend on the Supreme Court taking a stand to protect and impliment the Constitution. Failing that: absolute chaos with much violence. Obama should read up on the fate of Robespierre.