Nbadan
12-11-2006, 04:38 PM
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http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1385/9/photo/1166.jpg
Do pics lie?
2,000 dissenters or 40-60 low-enders? You decide...
TEHRAN, Iran — "What do we want? Freedom!" That was one of the banners a large crowd waved on Wednesday at a demonstration at Tehran University.
As many as 2,000 students turned out to demand personal freedom in the Islamic state, which has cracked down on political activity on campus this year in what some have called the Second Cultural Revolution.
Student and academic sentiment could pose a problem for the Iranian regime. Seventy percent of Iran's population is under the age of the 30, and 90 percent of the under-30s are literate, well-read and seemingly aspire to greater personal and political freedom.
Faux News (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235062,00.html)
but the Guardian says there were really only 40-60 students...
In the first sign of open dissent since he took office last year, dozens of activists shouted abuse and set off firecrackers as Mr Ahmadinejad addressed students at Tehran's Amir Kabir university. They were voicing anger at what they say is an increasing repressiveness on Iran's campuses under his government. A presidential aide said 50 to 60 students took part in the protest.
Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1969808,00.html)
http://64.40.99.49/Multimedia/pics/1385/9/photo/1166.jpg
Do pics lie?
2,000 dissenters or 40-60 low-enders? You decide...
TEHRAN, Iran — "What do we want? Freedom!" That was one of the banners a large crowd waved on Wednesday at a demonstration at Tehran University.
As many as 2,000 students turned out to demand personal freedom in the Islamic state, which has cracked down on political activity on campus this year in what some have called the Second Cultural Revolution.
Student and academic sentiment could pose a problem for the Iranian regime. Seventy percent of Iran's population is under the age of the 30, and 90 percent of the under-30s are literate, well-read and seemingly aspire to greater personal and political freedom.
Faux News (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235062,00.html)
but the Guardian says there were really only 40-60 students...
In the first sign of open dissent since he took office last year, dozens of activists shouted abuse and set off firecrackers as Mr Ahmadinejad addressed students at Tehran's Amir Kabir university. They were voicing anger at what they say is an increasing repressiveness on Iran's campuses under his government. A presidential aide said 50 to 60 students took part in the protest.
Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,1969808,00.html)