This is so odd. There is an enormous uprising of the common people in Iran against the government, and the mainstream media is just sitting there with its thumb up its Obama and mostly ignoring what’s going on.
I’m gonna try collect some of the more insightful tweets, videos, and images from the historic uprising.
They’re burning down images of Khameini:
Wow. Protesters burn down an Ali Khamenei banner. He is the highest political and religious leader in Iran & (Twelver) Shi‘a Islam. #IranianProtests #IranProtests pic.twitter.com/fZUacfRP6O
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) December 30, 2017
Anti riot police out in force in #Tehran. #Iran #IranProtests #تظاهرات_اعتراضی pic.twitter.com/qtj1A1kh53
— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) December 30, 2017
I think that people don’t understand that although Iran is one of the world’s largest supporters of terrorism, many Iranians absolutely despise the government, but they’ve been too afraid to speak out. With the failing economy, they’re finally coming out in big numbers…
https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/947226177399394304Important: In this thread, the Iranian Minister of Communication asks the CEO of Telegram, the most popular communication app in Iran, to shut down the channels on #Iranprotests. CEO @durov obliges. https://t.co/CzsWo2zORY
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) December 30, 2017
@Durov: A Telegram channel is encouraging hateful conduct, use of Molotov cocktails, armed uprising, and social unrest. NOW is the time to stop such encouragements via Telegram.
— MJ Azari Jahromi (@azarijahromi) December 30, 2017
Here's a crazy idea: The foreign policy/Middle East/Iran experts who are taking shots at each other for alleged past Iran policy mistakes might spend just a little of their time helping figure out what the U.S.--the administration, Congress, others--could usefully do now.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 30, 2017
‘West focuses only on anti-govt rallies’: Thousands protest for & against authorities in #Iran https://t.co/0QTaZ1cr8d pic.twitter.com/fdy5ScuGbo
— RT (@RT_com) December 30, 2017
This woman in #Iran took off her #Hijab to protest the mandatory Islamic dress code imposed on Iranian women. #IStandWithHer #IranProtests #Islam pic.twitter.com/G6oKHIPA68
— Armin Navabi (@ArminNavabi) December 29, 2017
A first in #IranianProtests #Rasht crowds chant: "Death to Revolutionary Guards."#Iran #IRGC #تظاهرات pic.twitter.com/QXo1tVfoqd
— Farnaz Fassihi (@farnazfassihi) December 30, 2017
Chants in the holy city of Qom tonight, the spiritual center of #Iran: “We don’t want an Islamic Republic!” pic.twitter.com/ilawigFGej
— Holly Dagres (@hdagres) December 29, 2017
#Update72- In response to the death of four protesters-shot at by the #IRGC forces- protesters in #KhorramAbad burned the governor’s office. Governors in Iran are all have ties to the IRGC or security services.#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/jceF8pupjJ
— Raman Ghavami (@Raman_Ghavami) December 30, 2017
Iranians shouting: We don't want an Islamic Republic!#Iran #Islam pic.twitter.com/qA2S1Resyl
— Armin Navabi (@ArminNavabi) December 29, 2017
Protesters burn government offices in the Ahvaz Province #Iran pic.twitter.com/ot9syDMFH0
— Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992) December 30, 2017
Take all of these with a grain of salt – there are tough to confirm and there are lot of idiots who create false videos or lie about what’s in them. But we do know this – the uprising is historic, and it needs to be aided by those who want to defeat the terrorism exported by the Iranian government…