Iran Election: People want a new election

Iranian uprising doesn’t want to dissipate. It grows even bigger. They simply want a new election. No more no less. When people power develops in such magnitude, certainly it’s not engineered. One cannot say it’s not genuine. And for that matter, high rank official in Iran forced to blink (exactly like what had happened in Indonesia during Reformasi)–to what extend the blink is in anybody’s guess and need to wait and see. Whatever the outcome, we wish the best for Iranian people. AP reports the latest development. Scroll down to watch video on Iran protesters from Al Jazeera.net

Among the demonstrators who joined Thursday’s protest in Tehran in support of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was a 29-year-old engineering graduate. Reached on the telephone by Associated Press correspondent Lee Keath in the United States, he spoke on condition of anonymity because he said he feared retaliation from the government.

Foreign news organizations have been barred from reporting on Tehran’s streets.

Today most of the people wore black. It was a largely silent protest, very few people were chanting. People had green headbands and armbands, or scarves.

It was amazing for me. When we started to walk, when there was a bridge, it was like a sea of people across the bridge, from one end to the other. Two hours later, we walked back to that bridge and saw the same number of people, no exaggeration. From 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., it was a constant stream.

Watch the Video on Iran Protesters

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