Friday, June 19, 2009

Ali Khamenei asked the Iranians to calm down.

SyuzhetyOppozitsiya Ahmadinedzhada18.06.2009Oppozitsiya counted against the re-election to the President of Iran, 646 narusheniyKommentariiSituatsiya close to revolyutsionnoy16.06.2009Vlasti Iran agreed to review the outcome of vyborovVerhovny Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his first address to the citizens of the country since the end of presidential elections, called on protesters to end the protest.
As the Reuters, in his speech at Tehran University, Ayatollah said: "The result of the election stems from the ballot box rather than from the street. Today the Iranian nation should be calm."
As the Associated Press, Ali Khamenei, also said on the final victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and dismissed the possibility of manipulation of election results. In addition, according to the agency, he accused Britain and the "external enemies" of Iran in an attempt to fan unrest and said that Iran would not be a second revolution like those that occurred in the former Soviet Union.
Khamenei added that the requested authority to deal with allegations of irregularities in the elections. According to him, for all the tragic consequences of the protest rallies will bear the responsibility of the leaders of the opposition.
Listen spiritual leader of the nation have gathered thousands of people. In the past six days in a country undergoing massive protests against the outcome of elections: the supporters of losing candidates to call to cancel.
June 18, tens of thousands of people were mourning march in memory of the victims of the rallies. According to Iranian media, since the beginning of protesters were killed, seven or eight people.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I am wondering why few (if any) talk about the strong probability of a coup by the Revolutionary Guard. RG is the entity that stands to lose the most if the current system falls.