“Today, We Are All Iranian” – “Emrooz, maa hameh Iraani hasteem“
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Video Poetry: Where is this?
Posted on 19 June 2009.
Translated by Soraya Cochran.
It’s Friday 29th of Khordaad 1388 (June 19, 2009), tomorrow is Saturday – tomorrow is a destiny-building day.
Tonight the sounds of Allah-o-Akbar (God is great) are being heard louder than the previous nights
Where is this?
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Obama's Reaction to Iranian Election: "Iranian voices should be heard and respected"
Posted on 15 June 2009.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians gather @ Azadi Square in Tehran -- Image via AFP
Finally reacting to the Iranian election aftermath, President Obama said, “obviously all of us have been watching the news from Iran and I want to start off by being very clear that it’s up to Iranians to make decisions about who Iran’s leaders will be… we respect Iranian sovereignty and want to avoid the United States being the issue inside of Iran – which sometimes the US can be a handy political football – having said all that, I’m deeply troubled by the violence that I’m seeing on television.“
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Obama’s Reaction to Iranian Election: “Iranian voices should be heard and respected”
Posted on 15 June 2009.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians gather @ Azadi Square in Tehran -- Image via AFP
Finally reacting to the Iranian election aftermath, President Obama said, “obviously all of us have been watching the news from Iran and I want to start off by being very clear that it’s up to Iranians to make decisions about who Iran’s leaders will be… we respect Iranian sovereignty and want to avoid the United States being the issue inside of Iran – which sometimes the US can be a handy political football – having said all that, I’m deeply troubled by the violence that I’m seeing on television.“
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