Dear Media(D): Iranians Are Chanting ‘Soleimani Is A Murderer’ In MASSIVE Protest — Is He Still Your Hero?
While the U.S. Media(D) posts glowing tributes to dead terrorist, Qasem Soleimani, Iranians seem to have a very different view.
There is now significant unrest in Iran as the Iranian government finally admits that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 killing all 176 souls on board.
Remember just last week when all of the talking heads on network television were saying that the immense crowd at Soleimani’s funeral proved just how much Iranians loved him.
On Good Morning America, Martha Raddatz spoke about the “powerful combination of grief and anger” from the crowds.
"A powerful combination of grief and anger, with shouts of 'death to America' echoing through the streets around us." https://t.co/Ho2Tizj1C6@MarthaRaddatz reports live from Iran. pic.twitter.com/kFrcKycwSg
— Good Morning America (@GMA) January 6, 2020
Then ABC News showed the Iranians that took to the streets in mourning.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets in cities across the country for a day of mourning for Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force who was killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike last week. https://t.co/nbdqgE7sZK pic.twitter.com/AiGZKSHAVA
— ABC News (@ABC) January 7, 2020
Chris Matthews said that the death of Soleimani was like the death of Elvis or Princess Diana.
Chris Matthews: Soleimani killing on par with deaths of Elvis, Princess Diana pic.twitter.com/Z089Sx3pjl
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 9, 2020
Really?
The massive crowd was organized by the Iranian government — just like the big crowds in North Korea. It was clearly propaganda and the Media(D) fell for it.
Our journalistic betters also seemed to forget the large anti-regime protests in November that the IRGC cracked down on killing 1500 Iranians.
A few hours ago, protests against the regime erupted at what was intended to be a memorial for the innocents that were killed on Ukrainian Airlines flight 752.
Iranian students began the protests at a university and more protests are quickly spreading across the country.
Social media is spreading the videos, which is a good thing because you’re unlikely to see the raw, anti-regime messages being shouted by protesters on any of the mainstream news outlets in the United States.
The chants include, “Soleimani was a murderer. His leader is also a murderer” and “The regime told us our enemy is the US. But actually, our enemy is right here” [in reference to the regime itself].” Notably, they’re also chanting “Death to Khameini” and “Death to the regime.”
It would seem that there are a number of Iranians that are not fans of the theocratic dictatorship that they live under and want change.
Masih Alinejad, a journalist and Iranian feminist activist who started the “White Wednesday” protests where women take of their headscarves and post videos of themselves on social media, is publishing a number of videos of the protests.
More footage from today's ongoing protests against the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in Tehran.
Iranian authorities had used all resources possible to draw crowds to #Soleimani's funeral.
But people now are out despite not having any resources. This is called "organic" protest. pic.twitter.com/Lp46GwDVMz
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 11, 2020
Journalist Abas Aslani reports on the protests in Iran that broke out after Tehran admitted to shooting down Ukrainian Airlines plane pic.twitter.com/kciy2B7CGj
— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) January 11, 2020
“Rouhani shame on you!”
Mourners gather in Tehran after a statement from the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff admitted that Flight PS752 was shot down "unintentionally" pic.twitter.com/TOYgqvyPCK
— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) January 11, 2020
These protesters are putting their very lives on the line to speak out against their government. Recently, 1500 protesters were killed for doing the very same thing.
The regime is responding with tear gas.
Today's anti-regime demonstrators are chanting in favour of 1500 people the regime killed in November during #IranProtests.
Make no mistake. The West should listen to these people, not regime-orchestrated pro-Soleimani rallies.
These people are Iran's real face. pic.twitter.com/cVlRJerm4x
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 11, 2020
Bravery of Iranian protesters in front of the riot police is awe-inspiring
Students at Amir-Kabir University chant: "Islamic Republic should go! It can't take its revenge on Americans, but it's taking it on us".
There're anti-regime protests for downing a civilian airplane. pic.twitter.com/iEu7fEkk6w
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 11, 2020
Slogans against the regime tonight at Amir-Kabir University:
"Reformist/Hardliner. It's over"
"Basiji (pro-regime vigilantees)! You have no honour. You massacred this nation. You're responsible for our suffering"
Iranians AREN'T rallying around the flag with the regime. pic.twitter.com/LFJkWNd3Qm
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 11, 2020
Protests continue in Tehran. Protesters are chanting many of the same slogans from #IranProtests of November 2019
They're chanting: "The regime told us our enemy is the US. But actually, our enemy is right here" [in reference to the regime itself]. pic.twitter.com/OjoMw2PMI2
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 11, 2020
#BREAKING: Iranian protesters in several areas of Tehran demand supreme leader khamenei quits after tehran admits shooting down Ukrainian planepic.twitter.com/9w52fvZdkD
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) January 11, 2020
After university campuses, I'm getting footage of Iranians in the streets chanting against the regime tonight. They 're saying "Down with the dictator".
Iranians are furious with the regime after it recklessly shot down a civilian aircraft that claimed more than 176 lives. pic.twitter.com/iG2cVVBtiG
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 11, 2020
"Death to the dictator" being chanted by students in Iran's capital today after IRGC admits it was responsible for #UkrainePlaneCrash. MEK sources at the scene in Amirkabir Uni say other chants include "We will not praise the murderous [Supreme] Leader" #IranProtests
CC @PressSec pic.twitter.com/zxxo5QgmNr— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
"Incompetent IRGC is a disgrace for the nation" – chants today in Iran against the Revolutionary Guards for causing #UkranianPlaneCrash.#IranProtests at Amirkabir Uni. MEK says the regime dispatched anti-riot units to the scene to prevent protests.@SecPompeo @VP @DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/ObFb5fK3VF
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
Young women chanting against the Supreme Leader on the streets of Iran "Khamenei shame on you, let go of our country"
Is the MSM hearing this?(via the MEK in Tehran's Sharif University of Technology)
CC @realDonaldTrump @USAmbUN @statedeptspox#IranProtests #UkrainePlaneCrash pic.twitter.com/6ueLa0I4wV
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
Chants at #IranProtests in Tehran just crossed the regime's 2 main red lines:
"Death to the dishonest Supreme Leader"
"Hail to the Mojahedin"– via MEK activists at Sharif University of Technology in Iran, Jan 11 #FreeIran2020
CC @statedeptspox @PressSec @VPPressSec @SecPompeo pic.twitter.com/FjYQxMuw0h
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
"Dishonorable Basijis are responsible for killing our people" – Iran's students tonight chant against Khamenei's armed thugs who killed 1500+ ppl in the recent #IranProtests.
This is from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. The MEK report protests spreading to other cities pic.twitter.com/OJEPF0N6Ap— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
Today's #IranProtests are so huge that even Fars News Agency, affiliated to the Revolutionary Guards, just published a report saying protesters chanted for regime change & tore banners of Soleimani. Meanwhile @MSNBC's @HardballChris had falsely claimed he was a hero to Iran's ppl pic.twitter.com/VnxU74vwM6
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
"Soleimani is a murderer. His leader is also a murderer" – chants by Iran's students today rip through the recent false claims by @CNN, @HardballChris & @nytimes' @farnazfassihi that Iranians support Soleimani.
– #IranProtests via MEK activists in Tehran's Sharif University pic.twitter.com/QgbJDy7Xlu
— M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) January 11, 2020
But nary a report in the US media of these protests as of yet…
Nor the report of the regime using tear gas to suppress or quell the protestors…
At least we have social media to report on it….https://t.co/hYpfhTcvcJ
— Marcus (@Fabled_Abel) January 11, 2020
Chants of میکشم، میکشم، آن که برادرم کشت – which roughly translates to "I will kill those who killed my brother." Protests in #Iran following the government admitting it shot down the Ukrainian airliner by mistake.
Outside Amir Kabir University pic.twitter.com/c6h70Kre9n
— Nilo Tabrizy (@ntabrizy) January 11, 2020
Chants in #Tehran in the last hour in reaction to admission of guilt by #Iran’s IRGC in the downing of #UkrainePlaneCrash/#IranPlaneCrash : “Resignation is not enough, prosecutions is what is needed” https://t.co/sUITvcxAnQ
— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) January 11, 2020
#Iran: police forces fired tear gas at the protesting crowd in #Tehran. Students are not backing down pic.twitter.com/PFoYYdc516
— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) January 11, 2020
Deeply disturbed by videos showing people at Amirkabir University in Tehran being beaten and tear-gassed. Their chants are against the state’s incompetence and cruelty. Iranians have constituonal right to peaceful protest without threat of state violence. pic.twitter.com/fwRvQnViI0
— Hadi Ghaemi (@hadighaemi) January 11, 2020
After Tehran, anti-regime protests are now spreading to other cities.
In this footage received from Esfahan, people chant:
"They have murdered us for years. Down with this Khamenei's office" pic.twitter.com/4H4Yfx2odd
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) January 11, 2020
The Media(D) have been aligning themselves with the Iranian regime by making apologies for them and attempting to portray Soleimani as a legitimate military leader and not the terrorist that he was, just to “own Trump” and it’s pretty disgusting.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said it best:
The voice of the Iranian people is clear. They are fed up with the regime’s lies, corruption, ineptitude, and brutality of the IRGC under @khamenei_ir's kleptocracy. We stand with the Iranian people who deserve a better future. pic.twitter.com/tBOjv9XsIG
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) January 11, 2020
Amen, brother.
Even the President weighed in.
No one should mourn this oxygen burglar, but since the Media(D) insists that he should be honored, let’s make sure it’s done properly.
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