I'm smelling an "Operation Ajax" in the works!
Something the U.S. and Britain have been doing for a long time now -- and something they are continuing to this day.
"Iranian students decry Ahmadinejad; Accuse him of corruption, discrimination" by Ramin Mostaghim, Los Angeles Times | October 9, 2007
TEHRAN - Dozens of students opposed to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's human-rights record confronted the leader and his supporters yesterday at the country's most prestigious university.
The students, defying a broad government crackdown on dissent, accused Ahmadinejad of corruption and discrimination and chanted "death to the dictator."
The president came to Tehran University to inaugurate the academic year, just two weeks after he was confronted by protests during a visit to Columbia University in New York.
During his appearance, Ahmadinejad was flanked by the head of the university and the minister of science. Members of the Basiji, a hard-line pro-government militia, shouted in support of Ahmadinejad. "Our president, thank you, thank you," they said.
Ahmadinejad, widely criticized in the West for denying the Holocaust and pursuing a nuclear program, cuts a divisive figure at home. His government has tolerated little dissent, arresting students, purging free-thinking professors and cracking down on young men and women wearing Western-style clothing.
[Not much of a dictator then, is he?
I don't recall Hitler or Stalin being divisive.
Mass-Murderers, yeah, but certainly not divisive in the public realm.
Certainly not anywhere near the dictatorship we got rolling in AmeriKa!
Ahmadinejad sees more dissent than Bush does!!!
AmeriKa keeps those people AWAY from our beloved potentate!!!]
One student said over a megaphone:
"You, Mr. Ahmadinejad, claimed at Columbia University that there is freedom of speech in Iran's universities. Then why are three students still in jail?"
Pro-Ahmadinejad students called the protesters sellouts beholden to the United States. "Death to the hypocrites," they shouted.
Scholars awarded Ahmadinejad a citation for defending Iran during his New York visit.
Additional protesters came to complain about the university's lack of facilities, including a shortage of dormitory space and poor Internet connections.
Ali, a graduate student in sociology who asked that his last name not be published:
"I am here out of curiosity. I hate politics. I think in Iran you cannot live up to your own potential, and there are no good prospects for jobs. I am applying for further education in Europe or the US, where I can go and live in a way that I think is right."
[Sounds like an agent provocateur if I've ever heard of one]
"Students in Iran Protest President" by NAZILA FATHI
TEHRAN, Oct. 8 — For the second time in less than a year, university students in Tehran mounted a protest against a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. More than 100 students clashed with supporters of Mr. Ahmadinejad on Monday at Tehran University, where he was speaking to mark the beginning of the school year.
Mr. Ahmadinejad angered students and professors at the university after his election in 2005 when he appointed a cleric as the university’s president. Many liberal professors and students have been dismissed since then, and activists have come under increasing pressure.
“Death to the dictator,” and “Free jailed students,” shouted the protesters, referring to three student activists who have been jailed since May, said witnesses who asked not to be identified out of fear of repercussions.
Mohsen Seyedin, a student activist, according to the Web site for Amir Kabir University in Tehran. Pro-democracy students there had protested during a speech by the president in December:
“It is more than four months since three students have been jailed and are under the worst kind of physical and psychological torture. Mr. Ahmadinejad must answer why they should pay this price for criticizing him.”
[Betcha the U.S.A. tortures best, readers!
U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A.!!!!]
Students at Tehran University said only the most ardent supporters of the president were allowed to be present for the speech."
Since the guy is misrepresented constantly in the western media, I don't know what to make of theses "reports."
Oh, and oh, yeah, he DOES NOT HATE Jews, either.
