Chaharshanbe Souri - Videos

These just in, via e-mail:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9jRmL316u4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ZtQHOPUus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nfA0potyiY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtpTLem2bC4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o0APSpNSFc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=896BFJgjJfI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRoJmcB4I9A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy7rS6mGVz8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9oASQjr1tA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9lB8mu7FDw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgLC-CHOsNc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqvWgJWEDKk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUCkOBhYjWU
http://persiancards.com/images/ecard/132.swf

For those not familiar, this traditional Persian holiday (چهارشنبه سوری in Farsi) is forbidden by the islamist dictatorship in Tehran, and has become a rallying point for Iranian freedom activists. Here's The Spirit of Man:

Riot Time
It's Chahar-Shanbe Soori time for the Iranians and for those living inside of the country this is "Riot Time". Because it might be among the few days of the year where people of different backgrounds come out to the streets to celebrate and these "celebrations" always end up being the main place for anti-government riots.

Right now, I'm hearing about the sporadic clashes between the youth and anti-riot police in eastern area of Tehran called "Tehran Pars". The people chanted "Death to Khamenei" and other anti-regime stuff.

46 have suffered minor injuries and a few have been detained by police, regime Fars News reporting.

Photo slideshow from Reza (captions in Esperanto).

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