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PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2005 8:23 pm    Post subject: PICS & MORE PICS FROM IRAN FREEDOM RALLY, GOOD TURNOUT!! Reply with quote

Photoblogging: Davids Medienkritik Live at the Iran Freedom Rally
http://medienkritik.typepad.com/blog/

The march began in Philadelphia and ended today in Washington, D.C. Supporters of a free Iran, led by author Jerome Corsi, capped off a long two-week journey today with a rally in Lafayette Park in front of the White House. The marchers called for democracy and women's rights in Iran and an end to the tyranny of the mullah regime. The keynote speaker was former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle. Here are some photos:




The Marchers Arrive, Joining the Rally



Turnout Was Significantly Better than at the March Against Terror Two Weeks Ago



The Iranian Marchers Had a Clear Message for Europe...



...So Did Richard Perle: The Mullahs Must Go!



One Angry Heckler Did Show Up...And Loudly Accused Perle of Being an Israeli Spy...





But He Was Quickly Drowned Out by Shouts Of: "IRAN! IRAN!"





And So the Heckler Retreated to Join a Large Counter-Demonstration...



And a Starbucks-Drinking Comrade Joined Him to Picket the White House...



The Rally's Organizer, Jerome Corsi, Told Listeners: "The Grip of Fear is Losing its Power" in Iran.



And Baron Von Steuben, The Great German-American Freedom Fighter, Watched-Over the Happenings at Lafayette Park in Stately Silence...

This march was both encouraging and entertaining to attend and the crowd was really into the event. Richard Perle took the shouts of the lone heckler in stride and with good humor. He appropriately pointed out that those who shout and rail against the views of the government in Iran risk prison or even death. He was followed by Jerome Corsi, who proclaimed that the "mullahs who rule Iran have nothing to do with Islam. They have hijacked Islam."

Let's hope Europeans take the message of these dissident Iranians to heart: It is time to stop coddling the theocratic Iranian dictators and it is high time that politicians like Joschka Fischer stop assuming that the Iranian mullahs are trustworthy diplomatic partners when it comes to nuclear weapons and world security.

(Photos and article by Ray D.)
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PostPosted: Sat May 21, 2005 5:51 pm    Post subject: 'Iran Freedom Walk' heads to White House Reply with quote

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows.
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Saturday, May 21, 2005
'Iran Freedom Walk' heads to White House
200-mile trek to culminate with rally at Lafayette Park
Posted: May 21, 2005
10:15 a.m. Eastern

© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

The "Iran Freedom Walk" led by "Atomic Iran" author Jerome Corsi will wind up its two-week trek from Philadelphia with a rally across the street from the White House calling for peaceful regime change in Tehran.

The event, at noon May 28 in Lafayette Park, is the culmination of a 200-mile journey organized by the Iran Freedom Foundation, which Corsi launched recently with Iranian activists.

Several members of Congress have expressed interest in participating in the rally, including Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.

Over the first five days, which began at Independence Mall in Philadelphia, the walkers -- including Iranians who have suffered under the radical mullah regime -- covered more than 65 miles through small towns in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Their message and interactions are beamed back to Iran each day by the Voice of America's Iran service on both television and radio and by Radio Free Europe's Radio Farda, which has a reporter on the walk. Also, radio KRSI - a Farsi-language service in California that reaches Iran via satellite - is following it. The coverage includes profiles on American life as seen in the cities and towns on the route.

Corsi said an estimated 40 million Iranians have heard about the walk and his efforts to warn of the cleric-led regime's serious nuclear threat to the United States and Israel.

Newspaper articles in the officially sanctioned Iranian press dismiss Corsi's message, characterizing him as a CIA agent and "stooge" of the Bush administration helping create a pretext for war with Iran.

The Iranian marchers remain in constant communication by cell phone with friends and associates who are tracking the journey and reporting the news to their contacts inside Iran, said Corsi.

He also noted the Iranian walkers are asking members of the Iranian-American community to contact U.S. media outlets and urge them to cover the event.

Among the walkers are Mehrdad Majedi, a medical doctor who was imprisoned and tortured in Iran, and an 86-year-old man whose three sons were killed by the regime.

Majedi was arrested in September 2000 and held in solitary confinement for 35 days without a trial for expressing his political views.

He was sentenced to 50 lashes with a whip, a $2,500 fine and five years in prison for creating the group Students for Defense of Freedom, giving interviews to foreign media outlets and "insulting the Supreme Leader."

Under pressure from the European Human Rights Federation, the prison sentence temporarily was suspended, but the other penalities were enforced.

In December 2001, Majedi was attacked by three members of Iran's security forces, suffering severe injuries that required surgery and extensive rehabilitation. Threatened with further prosecution, he fled the country in September 2002.

Shortly after escaping, his wife Leyla also was viciously beaten by security forces in Tehran.

Along with the national and international coverage, Majedi and other walkers have been invited to tell their stories to local audiences, with visits to radio studios along the route.

Corsi said the reception from local people has been "just tremendous."

"Everyone has been very positive, very favorable, very supportive," he said.

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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 3:56 pm    Post subject: MORE PICS FROM IRANFREE.ORG THRU FREEREPUBLIC.COM Reply with quote

18 posted on 05/28/2005 9:23:53 PM PDT by Nick Danger (www.iranfree.



Marchers approach Freedom Plaza in DC



This man is 86 years old. He walked the entire 200+ miles



Marchers arrive in Lafayette Park, end of journey



Crowd cheers arrival of marchers



Richard Perle addresses rally



Jerry Corsi and Friends
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PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

YEEEAAAAAAHHH!!!

Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 12:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My thoughts,

I thought the rally went well. I met the marchers at 10:30am at Union Station.

The small merry band of freedom marchers were very friendly and welcoming. Not many Americans show to these, so I suppose they always appreciate the non-Iranian support.

Speaking a few of words Farsi (I still need TONS of practice) with some attendees, elicited the usual “Are you Iranian?”-“No I am American” exchanges in Farsi. On top of it, I started speaking with one of the walkers (who had been on it since day one) and realized I started hitting the limits of my Farsi knowledge faster than a NASCAR engine hits its redline (ok, so I need a MEGA-TONS of practice). Fortunately, I hadn’t (or don’t think I did) blown any phrases too badly or insulted anyone’s family honor.

After meeting much of the group (including Dr. Corsi), the march to the White House began. On the 3 mile or so march to the White House, I had the chance to talk to some interesting people, including a former martial arts champion of Iran.

On the way there I wondered if the whole thing would turn out to be a bust; there was only like 15 marchers. Halfway through the walk I heard something like 200 people were already at the White House. In the end there was probably 500 people there.

Richard Perle’s speech was quite good. He got heckled by a freak of nature; where do these lefties come from anyway? The total counter demonstration was maybe 7 people.

The police kept the two crowds separate. I know that might seem kinda anti-free speech, but after the 1st freak starting shouting, the whole crowd of Iranians shouted at him then about 15 Iranians went over to him. One put a mic in Mr. Hippie's face and of course, Mr. Hippie was magically quiet. I think the police wanted to keep an all out brawl from breaking out.

One hippy-lady commented something to effect of “if we stopped giving aid to Israel then we wouldn’t have problems in the mid-east. “

What is the logic of correlating the amount of aid given to Israel and the way the Islamic Republic treats its own citizens? Would Zahra Kazemi be alive if the U.S. didn’t give any money to Israel? Would Ahmad Batebi be in prison if we didn’t give money to Israel? Oy.

Also, did Ms. Hippy forget about the time before the U.S. was Israel’s big ally? Remember the Suez Canal Crisis in ’56 when the UK-Israel-France (a strange as hell coalition of the willing) coalition that attacked Egypt to keep the Egyptians from nationalizing the canal? But I digress.

The barrage of speakers was amazing. Hearing from the people who walked the whole 200 miles was amazing. One story struck me in particular. An 86 year old Iranian man walked the whole thing. He lost all three of his sons because of the Mullahs. I couldn’t imagine outliving all three of my kids. And while I am thinking of this man, he walked 200 miles in 12 days (slightly more than 16 miles a day, yeow!). We’ll see if I can do that in 60 years. Comments by Dr. Corsi, Zia Atabay, and others added to the success of the rally. I also thought it was great to have a statement from Senator Santorum.

I am glad to have attended and I think this was a great show of solidarity. I hope all of the people from ActivistChat had the chance to attend.
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Scooter,

I'm glad to know that the event went well. Now about this:

Quote:
Speaking a few of words Farsi (I still need TONS of practice),...


I know a lot of people are calling if Farsi nowadays, BUT IT'S WRONG! When we are speaking English, it is actually Persian, not Farsi. It is very important to call it Persian, because English-speaking people slowly begin to forget the word "Persian" and before you know it, everyone stop calling it Persian Gulf and it's all either "Gulf" or "Arab Gulf" or "Arabian Gulf" or some other fake name. So please, when you are speaking English, say Persian and not Farsi. Do you call it "Deutch"? No, it's German. Do you call it Spanol? No, it's Spanish. Do you call it Francis? No, it's French. Persian is the same.
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Azadeh_55 wrote:
Hi Scooter,

I'm glad to know that the event went well. Now about this:

Quote:
Speaking a few of words Farsi (I still need TONS of practice),...


I know a lot of people are calling if Farsi nowadays, BUT IT'S WRONG! When we are speaking English, it is actually Persian, not Farsi. It is very important to call it Persian, because English-speaking people slowly begin to forget the word "Persian" and before you know it, everyone stop calling it Persian Gulf and it's all either "Gulf" or "Arab Gulf" or "Arabian Gulf" or some other fake name. So please, when you are speaking English, say Persian and not Farsi. Do you call it "Deutch"? No, it's German. Do you call it Spanol? No, it's Spanish. Do you call it Francis? No, it's French. Persian is the same.




I don't know how many times i've stressed this......

Also good to hear that you attended the event Scooter.
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I forgot one thing:

Perle's spoke about a French professor that spoke in Tehran about a year ago. Of course the speech and visit were state sanctioned.

After the speech a young woman stood up and asked the man "which country is the best friend of the Iranian people?" The professor, expecting to hear about France and Jacques Chirac, asked "who?"

The woman then said the United States. She reminded the professor that the U.S. freed France from the Nazis and added that maybe the French should repay the favor.
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2005 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

To which the Frenchman said "The Nazis running the US are too strong for us to do that at this time!" Razz
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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2005 11:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Azadeh, I understand your position, but....

Lostfan manaa khar nakoind! Man khodam midoonam. Am I saying this right in Persian? Sorry, not trying to snap at ya , I was just trying to practice my Persian. Wink

BTW, we Californians do call Spanish "Espanol" a substantial portion of the time. And I've tried to disavow any knowledge of this thing called "French" and this place called "France."

Azadeh_55 wrote:
Hi Scooter,

I'm glad to know that the event went well. Now about this:

Quote:
Speaking a few of words Farsi (I still need TONS of practice),...


I know a lot of people are calling if Farsi nowadays, BUT IT'S WRONG! When we are speaking English, it is actually Persian, not Farsi. It is very important to call it Persian, because English-speaking people slowly begin to forget the word "Persian" and before you know it, everyone stop calling it Persian Gulf and it's all either "Gulf" or "Arab Gulf" or "Arabian Gulf" or some other fake name. So please, when you are speaking English, say Persian and not Farsi. Do you call it "Deutch"? No, it's German. Do you call it Spanol? No, it's Spanish. Do you call it Francis? No, it's French. Persian is the same.
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The Iran Freedom Walk: Day 13 -- Saturday, May 28, 2005

The final day of the Iran Freedom Walk began under sunny skies, at Union Station in downtown Washington DC. High on the facade of the century-old terminal were a number of quaint inscriptions, including two that fit the occasion quite well:

Sweetener of Hut and of Hall
Bringer of Life out of Naught
Freedom O Fairest of All
The Daughters of Time and Thought

... and further down:

The Truth Shall Make You Free



The replica Liberty Bell in front of Union Station



The Iran Freedom Marchers gather for the shortest day of their two-week trek from the center of Philadelphia



Roya Teymouri and Jerry Corsi



Jerry and friends



Jerry Corsi with Shahrokh Ferdosi



Jim Bancroft brought the original U.S. Flag Balloon Car down from Pennsylvania to escort the walkers

The Iran Freedom Marchers, accompanied by about 20 supporters, left Union Station shortly before 11:00 a.m. As usual, Jila Jalali took the lead, holding high the flags of American and Iran.



Heading down Louisiana Avenue toward the U.S. Capitol



On Pennsylvania Avenue

Just 13 days after they set out from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Jerry Corsi and his fellow Iran Freedom Marchers arrived at Lafayette Park in Washington, DC, just across the street from the White House, to join a rally in support of freedom in Iran.

Their long journey was followed by millions of Iranians via radio and the Internet, carrying a powerful message past the mullahs' censors:

Iran-e-Azad!

Iran must be free!



Several hundred people cheer as speakers at the Iran Freedom Rally call for democracy in Iran



"Let freedom ring..."

We'll post more quotes, photos, and video clips of the Iran Freedom Rally on a separate page over the next few days.

©2005 Iran Freedom Foundation, Inc. - 888 16th Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006 - ( 202) 872-7776 Fax: (202) 872-7771
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[quote="Scooter"]My thoughts,

I thought the rally went well. I met the marchers at 10:30am at Union Station.

The small merry band of freedom marchers were very friendly and welcoming. Not many Americans show to these, so I suppose they always appreciate the non-Iranian support.

Speaking a few of words Farsi (I still need TONS of practice) with some attendees, elicited the usual “Are you Iranian?”-“No I am American” exchanges in Farsi. On top of it, I started speaking with one of the walkers (who had been on it since day one) and realized I started hitting the limits of my Farsi knowledge faster than a NASCAR engine hits its redline (ok, so I need a MEGA-TONS of practice). Fortunately, I hadn’t (or don’t think I did) blown any phrases too badly or insulted anyone’s family honor.

[quote] Very Happy


DAMET GARRRRRM . DADASH ! Wink

THANK YOU DEAR.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 4:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Azadeh_55 wrote:
Hi Scooter,

I'm glad to know that the event went well. Now about this:

Quote:
Speaking a few of words Farsi (I still need TONS of practice),...


I know a lot of people are calling if Farsi nowadays, BUT IT'S WRONG! When we are speaking English, it is actually Persian, not Farsi. .


Azadeh jan, give him a break! Wink

Hey grrrreat show of solidarity for Freedom.

although, wouldn't hurt to see the rest of iranians show up. guess they're busy making money for rebuilding the country lol yeah right!
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Very nice pics.

Thanks every one for supporting Iranians.
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