Iranian supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi have taken to the streets in Iran. There are clashes with police and tires are being burnt. In response, the regime has disabled cell phone service and they are not reporting on their state run media about the riots. This is an opportunity to help push this regime. However, with Obama in charge and the Left’s rabid support of the Ayatollahs, this chance for regime change will not be taken advantage of.
Clashes Erupt in Iran After Ahmadinejad Declared Winner of Presidential Election
TEHRAN, Iran — Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities claimed the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. The rival candidate said the vote was tainted by widespread fraud and his followers responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in a decadeBy nightfall, cell phone service appeared to have been cut in the capital Tehran. And Ahmadinejad, in a nationally televised victory speech, accused the foreign media of coverage that harms the Iranian people. There was more rioting at night and fires continued to burn on the streets of Tehran.
Several hundred demonstrators — many wearing the trademark green colors of pro-reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi’s campaign — chanted “the government lied to the people” and gathered near the Interior Ministry as the final count from Friday’s presidential election was announced.
Update (Hat Tip: no2liberals): Mousavi Arrested
