Rafsanjani will lead Friday Prayer on “Quds Day”
International Day of Quds, which is an annual event in Iran, will be also held this year on the last Friday of Ramadan. According to mowjcamp (from Kayhan), Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani will lead the Friday Prayer in Tehran on Quds day. Some state news sources had announced previously that Ayatollah Sadighi was selected to lead the […]
Mowj: “State TV sold out Hashemi to China; censored the people”
According to Mowj Camp, the state TV (IRIB), which aired today’s Friday prayer live, “censored parts of Hashemi’s words and especially the people’s slogans.” “One of the most important parts censored was the “Death to China” slogan for the killing of Muslims in China, which was being chanted today during Hashemi’s speech.” “However, the Islamic […]
“Fear and terror less and less effective”
Another eyewitness account, emailed to us from a very close friend. Made my way down the west side of Laleh Park, large crowd was gathered around a radio listening to Rafi give the sermons, moved down to Keshavarz Blvd, where people had already started to taunt the bassijis who look like teenagers with Darth Vader […]
Mousavi, Karroubi attend prayer, Khatami no-show
Reuters has reported that Mousavi was in attendance at today’s Friday prayer service, and this unconfirmed picture has been circulating around the internet reportedly showing Mousavi among the crowd: Also, Raja News, a hardliner news website, reported that Khatami was not present at the Friday prayer today. “Khatami’s absence at today’s Friday prayer led to […]
Karroubi attacked at the Friday prayer
Parleman – Karroubi’s son reported that plainclothes forces made good on a threat we reported on yesterday to attack Karroubi at the Friday prayer. “When my father was moving towards Tehran University, many people were behind him and were asking him to defend their rights by chanting slogans but suddenly the anti-riot police in front […]
Eyewitness Account from Today
We received a call from an eyewitness in Tehran who told us what he saw at the Friday prayer. Before the speech began, people where chanting three slogans: Death to dictator, Liar, Liar Hashemi, Hashemi, take back my vote Hashemi, Hashemi, we support you Hashemi, Hashemi, silence will make you a traitor Honorable clerics, support […]
Rafsanjani: “Let prisoners get back to their families”
Nico covered Rafsanjani’s sermon this morning as it happened, check out the full thread here (time stamp is 6:00). Here are a few key excerpts: People shouldn’t be in prison. Let them get back to their families. Our enemies are laughing at us (b/c we have put our people in prison). Towards the end of […]