These are the good guys

[Ozarks]

TEHRAN, Iran â?? An estimated 100 students staged a rare demonstration Monday against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling him a "dictator," which prompted scuffles with hardline students at Tehran University.

Ahmadinejad, who was giving a speech to a select group at the university to mark the beginning of the academic year, ignored the chants of "death to the dictator" and continued with his speech on the merits of science and the pitfalls of Western-style democracy, witnesses said.

The protesters scuffled with hardline students who were chanting "thank you president" while police looked on from outside the university gates. The protesters dispersed after the car carrying Ahmadinejad left the campus.

Students were once the main power base of Iran's reform movement but have faced intense pressure in recent years from Ahmadinejad's hardline government, making anti-government protests rare.

The president faced a similar outburst during a speech last December when students at Amir Kabir Technical University called Ahmadinejad a dictator and set fire to his picture.

Hoping to avoid a similar disturbance Monday, organizers imposed tight security measures, checking the identity papers of all students entering the university and allowing only selected students into the hall. But the protesters were somehow able to gain entrance.

Iran's reform movement peaked in the late 1990s after former reformist president Mohammad Khatami was elected and his supporters swept parliament. But hardliners who control the judiciary, security forces and powerful unelected bodies in the government stymied attempts to ease social and political restrictions.

Numerous pro-reform newspapers were shut down, and since Ahmadinejad's election in 2005, those that remain have been muted in their criticism fearing closure.

At universities, pro-reform students have been marginalized, holding low-level meetings. They hold occasional demonstrations, usually to demand better school facilities or the release of detained colleagues. But pro-government student groups have grown more powerful.

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The dream of liberty is still alive in Iran and on Iranian campuses:thumbsup:
American collages could learn something here.

Ozarks Reviewed by Ozarks on 12-11-2007. These are the good guys FOXNews.com - Iranian Students Stage Rare Demonstration Against Ahmadinejad - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News The dream of liberty is still alive in Iran and on Iranian campuses:thumbsup: American collages could learn something here. Rating: 5

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Sounds kind of familiar.

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The dream of liberty is still alive in Iran and on Iranian campuses:thumbsup:
American collages could learn something here.

If you injected Bush' name into the spot where Amadinahjads name was, it would work for this country also.

[Ozarks]

If you injected Bush' name into the spot where Amadinahjads name was, it would work for this country also.

If don't know the difference with out me explaining to you, that speaks for itself.

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Uh oh, it's another FOX NEWS ALERT. How can you trust FOX News so much, Ozarks? Everything they say must be fact, huh? On that article they don't make him seem like much of an evil dictator, but they sure try. Maybe he is, but he sure sucks at being an evil dictator if he didn't even get the police to come in and subdue the protestors. Isn't that what dictators do when this kind of stuff happens? Just a thought...

[Ozarks]

Uh oh, it's another FOX NEWS ALERT. How can you trust FOX News so much, Ozarks? Everything they say must be fact, huh? On that article they don't make him seem like much of an evil dictator, but they sure try. Maybe he is, but he sure sucks at being an evil dictator if he didn't even get the police to come in and subdue the protesters. Isn't that what dictators do when this kind of stuff happens? Just a thought...

If you would have bothered to read the article you would know that one of the things they were "protesting" was trying to find out what happened to ones (protesters) that have "been detained"

As always the the only way to defend the Iranian Government is to attack the messenger. Bad bad fox news, you guys crack me up.

[mfqr]

If you would have bothered to read the article you would know that one of the things they were "protesting" was trying to find out what happened to ones (protesters) that have "been detained"

As always the the only way to defend the Iranian Government is to attack the messenger. Bad bad fox news, you guys crack me up.

lol my bad, i did read it, but i skimmed it.

bad bad fox news indeed, however.