40 Days to the Massacre: Iranians Renew Protest, "Death to the Dictator" at Memorial Ceremonies
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Before the Shah was overthrown in 1979, clerics used the mourning period to incite protests. Now, with the possibility of war with the US and Israel looming, they are resorting to a similar tactic: Relatives of those killed in the protests are holding their own ceremonies, and are being met with live fire. "They have failed to prevent history from repeating itself"
Forty days after one of the bloodiest days of brutally suppressed protests, the regime held mourning ceremonies in various cities across Iran. “Death to Israel!” chanted from the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran. The participants, most of whom are supporters of the regime, carried messages written on paper: “Death to cannibal America, idolatrous Israel, traitorous Pahlavi and incompetent officials.” The father of one of the young men killed …
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