Iran, Iran, anyone?

03.17.2004

It's now more than 4 days since an uprising began against the Iranian mullarchy. There's still no mention of this in any major media. You can keep up w/ running events here. Protests have spread from the little town of Fereydunkenar. Last night, there were street battles in the capital city of Tehran; there are anti-regime protests & battles spreading throughout Iran. This is major news — and not a single mention in any major media. Oh, there's also something brewing in Syria, too. But no one cares about that, either.

OK, the National Review's blog does have a brief blurb (scroll down to "Iran erupts?"). That almost counts as "major" media.

Posted by Miguel at 03:46 PM

Comments

Could it be that this happens so often in Iran that it's just regular news?

Posted by: Andres at March 17, 2004 05:42 PM

I am astounded at the lack of media coverage on the events that the blogosphere is updating us on.

Anything more I could say at the moment would be a mere echo of all your previous posts about the same puzzlement.

-Josh

Posted by: Josh at March 17, 2004 10:49 PM

Actually, this level of anti-regime violance hardly ever happens in Iran. If it escalates, it could stand alongside 1979 in its significance.

Posted by: Miguel at March 18, 2004 03:19 PM

I just wondered becuase my persian friends, who grew up in Iran, were not surprised by the article you posted...

Posted by: Andres at March 18, 2004 06:20 PM

Sorry, maybe I exagerated their significance not knowing better. But the Iranian blogs I saw made a big deal out of it — the ones that weren't suspiciously silent since after the "election," that is.

Posted by: Miguel at March 19, 2004 02:02 PM