Marg Bar Dictator

With chants of "Allah-o-akbar!" ("God is great!") and ”Marg Bar dictator!” ("Death to the dictator!"), the people marched all over Iran today in defiance of Yesterday's threats of violence by the Ayatollah Khameini. Reports of massive use of tear gass, water cannons, and in some cases live bullets slowed slowed down the demonstrations, but did not manage to stop them completely.

It looks like the government of Iran has but two options: become a plain dictatorship in all but name, or veer towards freedom and reform.

Here is one of the many websites following the ongoing events

Videos, photographs, and blogspostes abound. The people are leaving no room for doubt about what they want, and their willingness to pay whatever cost is necessary:

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBOBhguAjjY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t54KKSVl-c

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Meanwhile, demonstrations by Iraninan citizens and their supporters took place all over the world.

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