- 27 July 2009
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- Events in Iran, Human Rights in Iran, Iran Election 2009
Mousavi: Silence will lead to “hell”
27 July 2009 Posted By David Elliott
The NYT carries word that Mousavi has issued his strongest statement yet on the situation in Iran:
“How can it be that the leaders of our country do not cry out and shed tears about these tragedies,” Mr. Moussavi said, in comments to a teachers’ association that were posted on his Web site. “Can they not see it, feel it? These things are blackening our country, blackening all our hearts. If we remain silent, it will destroy us all and take us to hell.”
Mr. Moussavi’s angry tone appeared to reflect the steadily rising toll of those killed — some after being beaten in prison — in the crackdown that followed the disputed June 12 presidential election. A funeral was held in Tehran on Monday for Amir Javadi-Far, a student activist who died in prison after being arrested, and reports emerged of still more deaths.
Mr. Moussavi and other opposition leaders have asked permission to hold a public mourning ceremony for the dead on Thursday. That day has great symbolic importance, because it is 40 days after the shooting of Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman whose death was captured on a gruesome videotape that ignited widespread outrage in Iran and beyond.
Commemorating the 40th day after a person’s death is an important mourning ritual in Shiite Islam; similar anniversaries for dead protesters were essential in the demonstrations that led to the Islamic revolution in 1979.
One Response to “Mousavi: Silence will lead to “hell””
IRAN and DAMAGE CONTROL: People need bread and play to remain calm! Scaring the masses of people will not alone keep them in check! Giving them a feeling of winning, a clear appearance of “CHANGE” (similar to the US with the election of OBAMA) will calm them down. But due to the lack of a “safety vent” to air ideas the win must now bring the people a big enough bounty (CHANGE) to be felt as success and calm the suppressed aggression of the masses! The longer you wait, the more radical demands of change, until the mass of people is out of control and revolution is a fact!