The death toll in Iran has risen to 12, perhaps 14. No accurate reporting on the raid at Tehran University has the same toll. However, the victims were stabbed and shot to death. I am calling it the Green Revolution as it seems to be the defining moment of today's protests. The Iranian football (soccer) match against South Korea witnessed several players wearing green wrist bands in the first half. The wrist bands were ordered removed for the second half.
Green is also the color of Mousavi's political party and is the color of the banners of those who support him not only in Iran, but worldwide and in our own United States as well. Whether or not this Green Revolution succeeds and goes down in history as the Green Revolution is still not known.
The reason I chose the Green Revolution is also in continuity with other nation's revolutions lately. The Rose Revolution in Georgia and the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine are prime examples. I urge the support for their freedom to continue and for the world to not lose interest at this crucial moment and to continue to support the freedom of Iranians until this regime is altered in a way that is beneficial to Iran's people and will thus help the world's efforts for peace.
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Interesting thoughts and theme. You seem to have a grasp of the current situation but have you considered of all the possibilities for this situation? Remember we all will have to live with what happens in this country as well as what it will do with its nuclear capabilities. And yes, I realize that I did not touch on some of Iran's other problems. Those can be discussed on another day.
Mousavi has stated he would be open to negotiations with the international community regarding its nuclear program. This opens the possiblity for Iran to have its nuclear program, but with the oversight to make sure weapons are not being made out of the material. This oversight is really the only part of the current situation that Iran and the United States disagree on. If there is no oversight, there may be weapons, and there may not be. For a nation that is proven to support terrorist organizations, them gaining nuclear weapons is a very dangerous situation.
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