It wasn't Just A One Dayer In Tehran, Huge Protest Today Outside Islamic Azad University

[Turborama]

Run time: 05:46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZwtKfXOqWY   Posted on YouTube: December 30, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 30, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 1105

 
More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dKS4_NLCX0

Are there any Farsi speakers out there who can translate this text that came with the video?

تظاهرات و اعتراضات گسترده ی اعتراضی امروز 9/دی/88 دانشجویان
حامی جنبش سبز دانشگاه آزاد واحد شهریار- شهر قدس و درگیری با
بسیجیان غیر دانشجو

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fa&u=http://shahryariau.ac.ir/&ei=q6c7S93GLY_s7AOm2cSFBg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3DShahriar%2Bazad%2Buniversity%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26sa%3DX">Here's the website of the university where this protest was held.


ETA these two videos are popping up all over the internet: http://www.google.com/search?q=Protest+in+Ghods+Shahriyar+azad+uni&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8

[aquart]

1. No, it is not one day.

[Turborama]

3. Not just in Tehran, either

Apparently the Ashura protests were in lots of cities. I can't find any news on what's going on in the cities in this map now, though.


Cities marked in red are here protests can be confirmed. Cities marked in green reportedly had protests,
but this could not be confiremd.

From: http://www.dailyniteowl.com/wordpress/index.php/2009/12/28/summary-update-on-ashura-protests/

[brooklynite]

2. Translation here...

"Protests and widespread protests protest today 9 / Persian month Dey / 88 students
Pro-green movement, Azad University of Shahriar - Ghods and clashes with
Bsyjyan non-student"

Farsi-Englis on-line translator

[Turborama]

4. Thanks a lot for that

It's a great translation tool well worth bookmarking.

[janx]

7. I've been using that translator for days--can't

get away from the computer! But translating Farsi into English can result in some very strange translations that make no sense. It drives me crazy. Still, it's better than nothing. ;-)

[peacetalksforall]

5. Previously, it has been said that Iran wants a war. WHO IN IRAN? Mullahs?

the Prime Minister?, Khoumeni? military? women? children? these students?

[peacetalksforall]

6. I love the name of the web site - GREENUNITY4IRAN.

[JDPriestly]

8. I understand that the Greens in Iran reject the official election results./

I assume they want a more secular government. What else do they stand for?

I don't understand what is going on very well.

[peacetalksforall]

9. Perhaps someone with more experience will explain the politics. The youth dominate the population

and are not isolated in worldly culture and relationships. They don't want to go backwards - they want the religious hold on them loosened. They are progressives in that they want separation of 'mullah and state' (if it is not disrespectful to phrase it that way).

They have the same problem we have - radicals want domination and tight contol.

They are somewhat westernized - more by Europe than us.

That is what has been written and repeated for many years.

[JDPriestly]

10. Thanks. That makes it a little clearer.

I am confused by the use of the Green label. I wondered if it had anything to do with environmentalism. But then, isn't green the color of the the Islamic religion? It's confusing to me. Does the color green have some other significance in Iranian culture?