Breitbart TV is the home of the hottest video on politics, world events, culture, and media. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Return to Transcripts main page. THE SITUATION ROOM. Note: This page is continually updated as new transcripts become available. If you cannot find a specific segment. Protests against the 2009 Iranian presidential election results (Persian: اعتراضات علیه نتایج انتخابات ریاست جمهوری سال. Protesters on both sides gather in Calgary over M-103 anti-Islamophobia motion By. UN News Centre – Official site for daily UN news, press releases, statements, briefings and calendar of events. Includes UN radio, video, webcasts, magazines. Iranian presidential election protests. Iranian presidential election protests. Date. 13 June 2. 00. February 2. 01. 0(7 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)[1]Location Iran: Tehran, Abadan, Ahvaz, Arak, Ardabil, Bandar Abbas, Birjand, Bojnord, Borujerd, Dezful, Sari, Babol, Bandar Torkaman, Bushehr, Hamadan, Isfahan, Ilam, Karaj, Kashan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorramshahr, Khoy, Mashhad, Najafabad, Qazvin, Qom, Rasht, Sanandaj, Shahr Kord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Urmia, Yasuj, Yazd, Zabol. Zanjan, Zahedan. By world United States: Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Preston, Iowa, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Kansas City, Las Cruces, Las Vegas,[2]Los Angeles, Madison, Miami, Minneapolis, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, State College, Tempe, Washington, D. C. Canada: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Waterloo Germany: Berlin, Bochum, Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Heidelberg, Münster, Stuttgart[3] Sweden: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Skellefteå, Karlstad, Sundsvall,[4]Uppsala,[5]Helsingborg,[6]Umeå,[7]Jönköping,[8]Uddevalla,[9]Borås[1. Netherlands: The Hague, Amsterdam, Delft, Leiden, Groningen, Maastricht, Italy: Rome, Milan, Turin, Florence Switzerland: Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Bern Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra,[1. Adelaide[1. 2] Spain: Barcelona, Madrid Ukraine: Kiev,[1. Kharkiv United Kingdom: London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Bristol[1. France: Paris, Lyon Belgium: Brussels, Leuven New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur Portugal: Lisbon Austria: Vienna, Salzburg[1. Romania: Bucharest[1. Hungary: Budapest[1. Czech Republic: Prague Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya Denmark: Copenhagen, Aarhus Norway: Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Arendal, Kristiansand South Korea: Seoul, Busan, Daegu Armenia: Yerevan Israel: Tel Aviv United Arab Emirates: Dubai Turkey: İstanbul, Ankara[1. Pakistan: Islamabad,[1. Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar Egypt: Cairo[2. Kuwait: Kuwait City[2. Greece: Athens[2. Cyprus: Nicosia[2. Bulgaria: Sofia[2. Azerbaijan: Baku[2. Poland: Warsaw[2. Finland: Helsinki[2. ![]() Ireland: Dublin[2. Singapore: Singapore[2. India: Hyderabad[3. Bangladesh: Dhaka[3. Philippines: Manila. Caused by. Alleged voting fraud and irregularities. Goals. Election transparency, recall of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from office. Methods. Demonstrations, riots, civil disobedience, strike actions. Resulted in. Protests quelled. Casualties. 36 killed (Official figure)[3. Opposition claim)[3. Protests against the 2. Iranian presidential election results (Persian: اعتراضات علیه نتایج انتخابات ریاست جمهوری سال ۱۳۸۸) (a disputed victory by Iranian President. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad), in support of opposition candidates Mir- Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, occurred in major cities nationwide from 2. The protests were titled Iranian Green Movement (Persian: جنبش سبز Jonbesh- e Sabz) by its proponents, reflecting Mousavi's campaign theme, and Persian Awakening by western media.[3. Protests began the night of 1. June 2. 00. 9, following the announcement that incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won nearly 6. However, all three opposition candidates claimed the votes were manipulated and the election was rigged, with Rezaee and Mousavi lodging official complaints. Mousavi announced he "won't surrender to this manipulation", before lodging an official appeal against the result to the Guardian Council on 1. June.[3. 8] Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered an investigation into the claims of electoral fraud and irregularities, as requested by Green Movement leaders.[3. Ahmadinejad called the election "completely free" and the outcome a "great victory" for Iran, dismissing the protests as akin to little more than "passions after a soccer match".[4. Despite the relatively peaceful nature of the protests, the police and paramilitary Basij suppressed them with batons, pepper spray, sticks and in some cases firearms. The most widely known firearm victim was Neda Agha- Soltan, whose last moments were uploaded to You. Tube and broadcast around the world.[4. Opposition groups also reported thousands more were arrested and tortured in prisons around the country, with former inmates alleging mass rape of men, women and children by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, in prisons such as Kahrizak and Evin.[4. The Iranian government confirmed the deaths of 3. Mousavi supporters allege at least 7. They claimed relatives of the deceased were forced to sign documents citing death by heart attack or meningitis.[4. Iranian authorities closed universities in Tehran, blocked websites, cutoff mobile signals [5. The creation of the Iranian Green Movement developed during these protests. It was also termed the "Twitter Revolution", due to protesters' reliance on Twitter and other social media to communicate.[5. ![]() Background[edit]Prior to 2. Iran has been ruled by an Islamic Republic, since 1. Shah's regime in 1. The government is based on the concept of Vali- ye faqih, which is a system of governance in which a faqih was to serve as the Supreme Leader. However, following calls that this idea was undemocratic, the system was moderately altered into the current "Islamic Republic", in which a council of clerics, who are elected by the people, choose the Supreme Leader who, per the constitution, has to be a cleric (though this was altered in 1. The Supreme Leader, in turn appoints the members of the twelve member Guardian Council, who approve laws and candidates for elections, even at the presidential level. The President of Iran is not the commander- in- chief, and the control of the military, police, and the parallel Revolutionary Guards is under the control of the Supreme Leader. The Revolutionary Guards is a constitutionally protected paramilitary force that operates alongside the regular Armed forces, whose primary function is to protect the Islamic Republic. Only a year ago, it seemed inconceivable that Michigan, Wisconsin or Pennsylvania would vote for Donald Trump. And the thought that all three would vote in his favor. ![]() The Revolutionary Guards also have an auxiliary wing called the Basij, who provide support in enforcing religious laws and suppressing dissidents.[5. They are not considered full members of the Revolutionary Guards, and lack the training given to full- time members, although they can be called up at any time to assist the regular forces in times of trouble. Though Ayatollah Khomeini and his successor Ayatollah Khamenei, claimed that this system was democratic and the Revolutionary guards are necessitated to protect the government from military coups and foreign interference, critics contend that this system only serves to keep like- minded conservatives in power and marginalize any opposition, while using the Revolutionary guards to silence any dissidents.[5. The Islamic Republic has not escaped popular opposition in the past. During the 1. 98. Marxist- Islamist, Mojahedin Khalq was instrumental in opposing Ayatollah Khomeini through large protests and bombings against politicians such as Mohammad- Ali Rajai, Shahid Beheshti, and Khamenei himself, who escaped an assassination attempt that left his right arm paralyzed.[5. Following the 1. 98. Hafte Tir bombing, Ayatollah Khomeini declared the Mojahedin and anyone opposed to the Islamic republic, "enemies of god" and pursued a mass campaign of torture, rape, and execution against members of the Mojahedin, Fadaiyan, and Tudeh parties as well as their families, close friends, and even anyone who was accused of insufficient Islamic behavior, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Iranians who were usually tried in secret kangaroo courts run by hard line clerics.[6. Following the failed Operation Mersad in 1. China’s Xi, Trump discuss Korean peninsula situation by phone; German nationalist party presents anti-Islam platform; France opens door to strengthen Iran nuclear.Khomeini ordered all prisons to execute those still in captivity, resulting in an estimated 3. Since then, no organized opposition has surfaced in Iran and following this experience, the Iranian Government usually employs heavy handed tactics to marginalize any attempt at regime removal and usually justifies this with the "enemy of god" classification. Texas is leading the fight against the Feds and the UN, and Governor Abbott appears to be very sympathetic to the freedom movement. In 1. 99. 7, following the unexpected victory of a little- known reformist cleric Mohammad Khatami, there was a revival of a moderate faction within the government whom the public believed had the ability to reform and curb the power of the conservatives and make the system somewhat democratic, and that Khamenei was willing to trust this faction in the hopes that it could recover the country after the eight- year war with Iraq, which Rafsanjani and the conservatives had failed to do.[6. However, rather than promoting a reform of the system, the reformists began questioning the concept of the Islamic republic itself and following the exposure of the murders of dissidents by the intelligence services in reformist newspapers (which were run by former Revolutionary Guards and intelligence agents now turned reformists), the government began to distrust Khatami and his faction, a conflict which reached the breaking point after the 1. Mohammad Ali Jafari, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Qasem Soleimani were promoted to take control of the Revolutionary Guards and the Security Services to crack down on most reformist movements. Despite reformists gaining a majority in the Majlis in 2. Khatami winning the 2. Khamenei would oppose any attempts at liberalization of the government or society.[6. Most Iranians and observers in general have regarded the reform movement to have been a failure with Saeed Hajjarian, the main theorist behind the movement, declaring in 2. Long live the reform movement".[6. Ahmadinejad's first term[edit]In 2. Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected to the presidency, defeating now reformist Ali- Akbar Rafsanjani, placing the conservatives in charge of the government once more. Ahmadinejad would focus his presidency on confronting Israel. His speeches gained international infamy, which usually called for the destruction of Israel and claimed that the Holocaust was fabricated.
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