Iranian regime vows protesters will 'pay the price'

"Thanos" said
Maybe if the endless train wreck of the great tweeting orange dickbag's clown show antics wasn't a constant ratings-grabbing distraction the media would pay more attention to what's going on. Then again if the new regime's policy is telling everyone else on the planet to fuck off and hyuck-hyuck-'Murika First! why should the media or viewers take overseas news seriously at all when the cretin at the top of the food chain isn't?

"martin14" said
Maybe if the endless train wreck of the great tweeting orange dickbag's clown show antics wasn't a constant ratings-grabbing distraction the media would pay more attention to what's going on. Then again if the new regime's policy is telling everyone else on the planet to fuck off and hyuck-hyuck-'Murika First! why should the media or viewers take overseas news seriously at all when the cretin at the top of the food chain isn't?

As widespread anti-regime protests in Iran continue on into their third day, American news audiences are starting to wonder why the US media has devoted so little coverage to such dramatic—and possibly history-making—events. Ordinary people are taking their lives in their hands to voice their outrage at the crimes of an obscurantist regime that has repressed them since 1979, and which attacks and shoots them dead in the streets. So why aren’t the protests in Iran making headlines?

The short answer is that the American media is incapable of covering the story, because its resources and available story-lines for Iran reporting and expertise were shaped by two powerful official forces—the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Obama White House. Without government minders providing them with story-lines and experts, American reporters are simply lost—and it shows.

It nearly goes without saying that only regime-friendly Western journalists are allowed to report from Iran, which is an authoritarian police state that routinely tortures and murders its political foes. The arrest and nearly two-year detention of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian drove this point home to American newsrooms and editors who might not have been paying attention. The fact that Rezaian was not an entirely hostile voice who showed “the human side” of the country only made the regime’s message more terrifying and effective: We can find you guilty of anything at any time, so watch your step.

The Post has understandably been reluctant to send someone back to Iran. But that’s hardly an excuse for virtually ignoring a story that threatens to turn the past eight years of conventional wisdom about Iran on its head. If the people who donned pink pussy hats to resist Donald Trump are one of the year’s big stories, surely people who are shot dead in the streets in Iran for resisting an actual murderous theocracy might also be deserving of a shout-out for their bravery...

At least 12 people have been killed and multiple others wounded during a fourth night of unrest in Iran.

Iranian state TV reported the figure Monday, saying security forces repelled 'armed protesters' who tried to take over police stations and military bases.

Two people were shot dead in the southwestern town of Izeh while another two died in Dorud after being run over by a stolen fire truck, local news agencies reported.

Elsewhere there were unconfirmed reports that three people were shot dead after security forces opened fire on protesters in Isfahan.

Twelve people have been reported dead during a fourth straight night of protests in Iran, including reports of three people killed in the city of Isfahan +6
Twelve people have been reported dead during a fourth straight night of protests in Iran, including reports of three people killed in the city of Isfahan

Video purportedly taken in Isfahan on Sunday night shows dozens of people on the street before what sounds like gunshots are heard +6
Video purportedly taken in Isfahan on Sunday night shows dozens of people on the street before what sounds like gunshots are heard

Video purportedly filmed in the city shows dozens of marchers on the streets as vehicles burn around them before what sounds like gunshots are heard.

The deaths in Izeh were confirmed by local politician Hedayatollah Khademi, who said it was unclear whether they were killed by police or other demonstrators.

'The governor said it (the gunfire) was unlikely to be by police as they were not supposed to open fire,' he said.

The shooting in Isfahan was reported by several prominent Twitter personalities including Amichai Stein, foreign affairs correspondent for the Israeli public broadcasting corporation, but could not be independently verified.

Elsewhere police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse a small protest in Tehran's Enghelab Square on Sunday evening.

"Zipperfish" said
The protests in Iran are on every major news source I checked today. As usual, as Thanos indicates, the alt-right types are making shit up up and talking out of their butts.

"herbie" said
Time zones are weird. New Year's Eve I was thinking how it was 2018 in Australia, 2017 in Canada and 1953 in the United States....

Canada will provide $100 million in finance for a deal between Montreal-based multinational aerospace and transportation company, Bombardier Inc., and Iran’s Qeshm Free Zone Organization for purchasing 10 passenger planes, the FTZ’s chief executive, Hamidreza Momeni, has said.

The free zone is planning to launch a new airline called Fly Qeshm.

“Our talks with Canada’s Bombardier are almost final,” he was quoted as saying by Iran’s Tinn News on Tuesday.

Momeni said the $100-million finance will cover 80% of the deal, which entails the supply of the 104-seat planes.

“We are doing our best to receive these planes before the end of the current year (March 20, 2018),” he said.