Tuesday, June 16, 2009

More Iran

The seven demands printed by protesters yesterday.

Number 1 is - Dismissal of Khamenei for not being a fair leader.

This a big deal. They are not advocating a new form of government - but they are advocating the dismissal of the Supreme Leader, who, as far as I understand is an anointed religious position, sort of a Pope who happens to have veto power of the state as well.

And a guide to cyber-war support of the protesters. This is all a foreign language to me, but clearly the internet is a tool being used by both sides to control/disseminate information.

Nice detail:

(T)he State Department apparently asked Twitter to delay their scheduled downtime to help out the protesters. A very nice move, especially considering the lukewarm support the Obama administration has voiced elsewhere.

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