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"Ahmadi, Ahmadi 24 Millionet Koo?"

By The Daily Dish
Jun 15 2009, 12:35 PM ET

KARROUBI0615:OlivierLaban-Mattei:Getty

A reader writes:

I just talked to my father in Iran a few minutes ago. He had been in the demonstrations. He was telling me people were chanting: "Ahmadi, Ahmadi 24 millionet koo?" ("Ahmadi, Ahmadi were are your 24 millions?") and "Ahmadi, Ahmadi 63-dar sadet koo?"("Ahmadi Ahmadi, where is your 63%").

He said that the protesters were chanting "Nirooye Entezami Hemayat Hemayat" (asking police for support) And he was also confirming that at the beginning when there were smaller groups, the police was attacking them, but as the crowd built up thay had to stand back.

We might be experiencing a true revolution here.

Yes, we might.

(Photo: Karroubi in Tehran today. By Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP/Getty.)



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