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Quds Day Demonstration / Tehran

Today was Quds Day in Iran. This day is dedicated to Al-Quds, Palestinians and all nations who are under injustice governments. (According to Imam Khomeini's quote regarding this day. Imam Khomeini is the creator of this holiday).
Quds day is the last Friday of Ramadan, so it happens once a year.

But this year, and this Ramadan, we had a completely different Quds day.
After the presidential election aftermath, The Green Movement of Iran couldn't come to streets, because they would be jailed, raped or even killed.
So today was a brilliant occasion for The Green Movement to show their power and their quantity. So they became to streets, while today's demonstration was totally legal!

I can't make an exact count, but it seemed that Green people were at least 2.5 million, while the opposition were at most 50 thousands. But the opposition (Hizbollah and hard liners) has governmental support, and support by police. And they had tens of trucks supplied with giant speakers, so they could yell at Green people and make them fear.

Date : 18 September 2009 - 7:00am
Category : Politics
Location : MIDDLE EAST, Iran, Tehran

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Turi

Amazing images, Hamed.