Patchd
29th June 2009, 07:58
Rafsanjani, a well known reformist clerical leader in Iran called for the commemoration of the death of Ayotollah Mohammad Beheshti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Beheshti#Assassination), the then head of the Islamic Republic Party, and head of the Islamic Republic's judicial system. It is useful to note that Beheshti's death was no accident, and is usually perceived to have been orchestrated by an Islamist Socialist group, People's Mujahedin of Iran (calling for a democratic, secular Iran, was described as Marxist-Leninist as well as militant Islamic Socialist before '79), who in the Hafte tir bombing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafte_tir_bombing) assassinated Beheshti and 72 other leading officials of the Islamic Republic in 1981.
Although I would not expect anyone on a revolutionary leftist board to think otherwise, this is further proof of the Reformists' similarities with the Conservative faction, and their desire of maintaining the Islamic Republic, and it's oppressive and exploitative tools (just with a nice smile on their face).
This commemoration was a state approved one, thus making it safer to attend than the "illegal" protests we have seen so far, although it was still reported to have been "uneasy, but peaceful" (bourgeois media sources were quick to make the claim that riot police clashed with protesters [1 (http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009628192214829335.html)]). Still, only 3,000 (some reports say 5,000) attended it in Tehran where it was commemorated, taking this into perspective, considering that rough figures estimate that around 3 million people have participated in the protests in Tehran, this figure is only 0.1%, or 1 in 1000, of the total number of the protesters, showing that many people really didn't give a fuck about 'heroes' of the Islamic Republic. It ended peacefully [2 (http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99288§ionid=351020101)] (CNN also reports it as being silent and ending peacefully [3 (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/28/iran.demonstration/index.html)]). Mousavi apparently attempted to address the crowd via phone call, reports say he had been put under house arrest a few days ago.
I have got this information from various different sources, some personal, and some from bourgeois news sources, all public internet sources I used I have linked to.
Although I would not expect anyone on a revolutionary leftist board to think otherwise, this is further proof of the Reformists' similarities with the Conservative faction, and their desire of maintaining the Islamic Republic, and it's oppressive and exploitative tools (just with a nice smile on their face).
This commemoration was a state approved one, thus making it safer to attend than the "illegal" protests we have seen so far, although it was still reported to have been "uneasy, but peaceful" (bourgeois media sources were quick to make the claim that riot police clashed with protesters [1 (http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009628192214829335.html)]). Still, only 3,000 (some reports say 5,000) attended it in Tehran where it was commemorated, taking this into perspective, considering that rough figures estimate that around 3 million people have participated in the protests in Tehran, this figure is only 0.1%, or 1 in 1000, of the total number of the protesters, showing that many people really didn't give a fuck about 'heroes' of the Islamic Republic. It ended peacefully [2 (http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99288§ionid=351020101)] (CNN also reports it as being silent and ending peacefully [3 (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/28/iran.demonstration/index.html)]). Mousavi apparently attempted to address the crowd via phone call, reports say he had been put under house arrest a few days ago.
I have got this information from various different sources, some personal, and some from bourgeois news sources, all public internet sources I used I have linked to.