Re: World powers turn up heat on Iran
^A friend of mine was in Tehran just after the election, when all the hyped unrest was taking place on the streets of affluent Northern subarbs of Tehran. He was surprised by my persistent questioning about Ahmedinejad being on the wrong side of things in the eyes of the public and told me that in the streets of Tehran you will find written on the walls "FAQAT NEJAT", i.e. only Ahmedinejad, who was also the popular mayor of the same city before becoming the president of the country. I probably had been watching too much TV!
How conviniently the biased media ignores 100,000 plus crowd that Ahmedinejad persistently pulls during his speeches, or a massive amount of devoutees that attend the Friday prayers or Thursday night Dua e Kumyal that bring the traffic to standstill in the same city. All the aspects of the Iranian society that do not fit the picture they want to project are simply ignored by the media yet they go out of their way and even do not mind putting their correspondents in danger to air and highlight every bit of details about "hundereds of protestors" that come out chanting slogans against the government. Wasnt democracy, that West seem to hold so dear, about the view of the majority?