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My friend Janet Afary (left), a distinguished Iranian scholar in exile who is curently a professor of history at Purdue University and president of the International Society for Iranian Studies, as well as the author of a number of books on Iran, sent me the following news report put together by Iranian feminists in Tehran and asked me to publish it. It describes the Ahmadinejad regime's brutal assault yesterday on women celebrating International Women's Day in the Islamic Republic of Iran. So far, this asssault has been blacked out in the mainstream press:

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And then the report (with pictures) goes on...

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The peaceful gathering of women's rights activists, women's groups and human rights defenders who had gathered in Park Daneshjoo (Student Park) yesterday, in commemoration of March 8th, International Women's Day, ended in violence, when they were attacked and assaulted by plain clothes militia, special anti riot forces of the Revolutionary guards, soldiers and police.

Approximately 1,000 women had gathered in Park Daneshjoo on the occasion of the International Women's Day to emphasize their stance in support of women's human rights and peace.  The ceremony which started at 4:00 pm, and was scheduled to last one hour, was charged by security forces shortly after it began, who relentlessly beat the protesters, in an effort to disperse the group.

The sit-in, which was organized by independent women's groups and activists, was supposed to be carried out silently, with protesters holding signs reading some of the following statements and slogans: discrimination against women, is an abuse of their human rights; women demand their human rights; women oppose any form of forced aggression or war; Iranian women demand peace; injustice means discrimination against women, etc.

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It is awful. These women are very brave, and I certainly stand in solidarity with them.

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Originally posted by Selurhsub:

That is Fantastic! Those protestors got what they deserved; they should have listened to the Allatoyah. It's not Canada, it's Iran.

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Selurhsub

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posted 18 March 2006 05:07 AM              

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Hey Mr. Magoo, you don't like prudes right? Does that mean you frequently visit public urinals and fellate men, since not doing so is considered prudish? Right bud?

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Profile for Selurhsub  

Member Status: recent-rabble-rouser

Babbler Number: 12283

Registered: 18 March 2006

Posts: 2

Location: Ottawa

Occupation: Writer

Postal Code: H2P1E7

Gender: Male

Year of Birth: 1921

How did you hear about rabble?: Planned Parenthood

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[ 18 March 2006: Message edited by: Hephaestion ]

[ 18 March 2006: Message edited by: Hephaestion ]

Not that it matters much, of course.

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Originally posted by ephemeral:

I suspect selurhusb won't last long on this board... especially considering what his/her handle reads backwards.

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Why do I never see those quasi-palindromes? Michelle totally confused me with her short-lived 'Ellehcim.'