全球許多城市集會支持伊朗反對派；伊朗人繼續抗爭；反對派候選人穆薩維面對專制集團的巨大壓力；會出現另一場天安門屠殺嗎？
VOA:全球許多城市集會支持伊朗反對派
| 紐約 Jun 18, 2009 |
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| 加州伊朗裔美國人示威抗議 |
抗議者在全球許多城市舉行和平集會，表達他們對上星期五伊朗總統選舉有爭議的結果的關切。在那次選舉中，政府宣佈現任總統艾哈邁迪內賈德獲勝。在紐約聯合國總部舉行的集會顯示對伊朗反對派的支持。
*紐約草根運動支持伊朗民眾*
星期三晚間，示威者在紐約聯盟廣場公園聚集，表達他們支持在過去幾天在伊朗街頭抗議的伊朗人。伊朗人抗議的是星期五選舉的結果。伊朗官員說，總統艾哈邁迪內賈德以壓倒優勢擊敗三名挑戰者，包括最接近的對手、改革派候選人穆薩維。
組織者在互聯網上公佈了星期三集會的呼籲。組織人阿米迪說，他通過社會網站Facebook和Twitter發出了集會的呼籲。大約300人響應了他的呼籲。阿米迪說，他的草根運動希望把信息送給伊朗人民，這個信息就是，他們支持伊朗人的鬥爭。
他說，「伊朗未經選舉產生的領導人一次又一次的失敗了。他們不能履行對公民的義務。伊朗人民現在正在為民主和改革而戰鬥。我只想說，紐約人民聽到了你們的呼聲。我們聽到了你們的鬥爭。我們百分之百的支持你們。」
參加大會的支持者表示支持阿米迪的說法。一位女士說，「我們到這裏來支持伊朗人民。至少我們要聲援他們。我本人不能為伊朗人民做什麼。他們在付出鮮血。我要聲援他們。這就是我能做的。我希望我能做更多事情。」
除了在紐約的晚間集會以外，星期三在美國其他州也舉行了集會。這些州包括賓夕法尼亞、加利福尼亞州、愛奧華州和俄勒岡州。
*澳大利亞和歐洲和平抗議*
同時，澳大利亞和歐洲等地也舉行了支持伊朗反對派的集會。
在澳大利亞的墨爾本，大約300名伊朗人舉行和平抗議，他們高舉標語和橫幅，呼籲結束在伊朗的街頭暴力，重新清點選票。一位抗議者說，「我認為伊朗當局在選舉中舞弊，操縱了選舉結果。」
在德國首都柏林，伊朗反對派的代表在伊朗大使館前集會，要求調查伊朗選舉結果。抗議者巴拉迪說：「現在事情已經不只限於穆薩維，而是涉及自由選舉權利了。」
在韓國首都首爾，一群伊朗人在韓國足球隊和伊朗足球隊比賽前舉行集會。有幾名伊朗球員，包括他們的隊長，在比賽開始時手腕上帶着綠色綢帶。綠色是伊朗反對派領導人穆薩維的代表色。
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數萬人參加伊朗反對派集會
Jun 17, 2009 |
在伊朗，成千上萬支持敗選的伊朗總統候選人穆薩維的人群星期三在德黑蘭又舉行集會，抗議上星期有爭議的選舉。目擊者說，抗議人群中很多人帶着綠色的手腕帶和頭帶。這是穆薩維競選活動的顏色。抗議者高舉標語，但基本上保持沉默，以強調示威的和平性質。
改革派的穆薩維呼籲星期四再次舉行示威，目的在於要當局廢除選舉結果。他把官方宣佈的選舉結果稱作「可恥的騙局」。穆薩維在他的網站上發表聲明，要求他的支持者星期四在清真寺集會，或舉行和平遊行，以悼念在選舉後暴力中死去的人們。
伊朗革命衛隊星期三進一步壓制媒體，威脅要對製造「緊張」氣氛的網站採取法律行動。爭取新聞自由的組織記者無國界說，自從星期五舉行選舉以來，至少有11名伊朗記者被逮捕。這是伊朗當局鎮壓媒體的一部分舉動。同時，維權組織說，最近幾天有無數反對黨成員被逮捕，其中包括被取締的自由運動黨秘書長亞茲迪。他據說是在德黑蘭一家醫院被逮捕的。
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Tomorrow: Tiananmen in Tehran? Report: Khamenei issues ultimatum to Mousavi; Update: Mousavi says no?
posted at 5:27 pm on June 18, 2009 by Allahpundit
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First came the Debkafile rumor, then Michael Ledeen started hearing things, now Tehran Bureau has this ominous update. Sounds like Khamenei’s getting ready to call out the Guard.
From source: 「I have now received e-mails from totally trustworthy sources within Iran that many Sepaah commanders [Sepaah is IRGC] have been arrested, because they are opposed to what is going on and in particular to the plan for tomorrow.
「This had been talked about for the past few days, but my source confirmed it.」 end quote
Clarification for plans for tomorrow: 「Apparently, the plan is to create chaos and bloody confrontation between Basij and Karroubi and Mousavi demonstrators, in order to justify hard crack down and have Khamenei announce the end of 「soft」 confrontation in the Friday prayers.」
Related rumor here. There’s corroborating evidence (albeit anecdotal) that some Guard members might refuse to participate in a crackdown, too, thereby necessitating the sort of purge described by TB. From the LA Times, via Michael Totten:
Perhaps more perilous for authorities is the possibility that some soldiers, security officials and Revolutionary Guardsmen might refuse orders to fire on protesters, creating a dangerous rift within the security apparatuses.
「I would never do it,」 said Hossein, a 23-year-old member of the security forces who said he and many of his friends at the military base where he serves support the marchers. 「Maybe someone would, but I would never fire on any of these people myself.」
Khamenei’s conducting the prayers tomorrow at Tehran University, where five students were reportedly killed in a Basij brownshirt assault on the dorms. Is that meant as a gesture of provocation or reconciliation? Maybe both: Presumably he』ll start off by paying lip service to what a tragedy it is that kids have died, then none-too-subtly warn that more people will inevitably die in the 「confusion」 if they don’t get off the streets post haste. Three things I can’t figure out, though. (1) If Khamenei’s preparing for a bloodletting, why would he want his face out in public at Friday prayers before it begins? All that does is drive home the fact that he’s complicit in it. (2) The Guardian Council’s still supposed to meet with all four presidential candidates on Saturday to talk about the vote. Is a crackdown tomorrow meant to keep that from happening or is the crackdown actually set for Saturday, after the meeting, which is bound to prove unsatisfactory to Mousavi? (3) If it’s true, and it probably is, that Rafsanjani is rounding up support from top mullahs in Qom for him and Mousavi, why haven’t we heard anything from them yet? Surely they』d want to come out in favor of the protesters before a crackdown begins, to throw the full weight of their authority against the Guard in hopes that they』ll back down in fear of damnation. As it is, if the last thing Iranians see before a Tehran Tiananmen is launched is Khamenei intoning about religion at Friday prayers, they’re apt to the whole clerical system for reprisals. Good news for the west, not so good if you’re a mullah. Might want to speak up while you can.
Two vids from today’s monster rally as you ponder, one from CNN calling this possibly the largest protest in the history of the Islamic Republic and the other raw video of Mousavi’s appearance among the ecstatic crowd.
Update: Yep, sounds like tomorrow’s the moment of truth.
The moderate Iranian leader who says that he was robbed of victory in last week’s presidential election faces a fateful choice today: support the regime or be cast out.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, has told Mir Hossein Mousavi to stand beside him as he uses Friday prayers at Tehran University to call for national unity. An army of Basiji — Islamic volunteer militiamen — is also expected to be bussed in to support the Supreme Leader.
The demand was made at a meeting this week with representatives of all three candidates who claim that the poll was rigged, and it puts Mr Mousavi on the spot…
It was unclear last night what he would do or even whether the protests would die away if he backed down.
Update: The Standard notes that Mousavi’s Twitter feed has a message out urging supporters not to go to prayers tomorrow, which presumably means he won’t be there either. In the unlikely event that they take his advice, that』ll reduce the odds of confrontation. But if he boycotts the event too, it’s a direct slap at Khamenei’s authority. Which means this isn’t Mousavi versus Ahmadinejad anymore, it’s Mousavi versus the whole regime.
