Center for Hooligan Studies AKA Media Exhibition
Oct 25th, 2009 by pedestrian
This Media Exhibition is turning into a British soccer game. (no offense, I should say: what we hear about the British soccer games.)
Alireza Beheshti went there today.
Now note, I am covering FARCE NEWS because they have the story first. I will update this as more REAL news comes out.
FARCE NEWS reports:
Beheshti was greeted by “supporters” shouting:
Salleh Alla Mohammad, Booyeh Beheshti Amad (Peace be Upon Prophet Muhammad and [Ayatollah Beheshti])
Margh Bar Dictator (down with the dictator)
But then “the people” retaliated by saying:
Beheshti, nangh-e Beheshti Shode (Beheshti [the son] is a disgrace to Beheshti [the father])
Dictator Vagheyi, Mousai o Khatami (The real dictators are Mousavi and Khatami). This last one is copy of what the pro-Mousavis have been chanting: Basijiyeh Vagheyi Hemmat bood o Bakeri (The real basiji is Hemmat and Bakeri). This is one of my favorite chants to come out of the demonstrations.
Seyed Amricayi, neikhaym, nemikhaym. This one is HILARIOUS. (We don’t want an American Seyed).
Margh bar Monafegh (Death to the traitor)
Monafegh haya kon, mosalla ro raha kon (traitor, have some integrity and leave the mosalla [the place of the exhibition])
Margh bar zeddeh velayateh faqih (death to those who are against the leader.)
FARCE NEWS reports that Beheshti was walking to the pro-reformist stands and “a few of his supporters” were chanting when “the people” caught up with him and forced him to leave.
FARCE NEWS also reports that: “after this, a few people attempted to bring chaos to the exbhibition by chanting unusual anti-establishment slogans by were forced to leave because of the people’s efforts.”
The agency continues: “Beheshti’s staff kept pushing “people” to get him out” and some people fell to the ground although they did not suffer any injuries.”
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There are twitter reports that tear gas was used inside the exhibition to disperse the protesters and that the greens ambushed the Fars News and IRNA stands but nothing official on that yet.
Given the tight security around state news agencies, I highly doubt protesters could “ambush” the stands.
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Mowjcamp now has their own version of the events. They too write that upon Beheshti’s entrance, he was greeted by supporters but that the “coup d’état supporters” attacked his entourage and some of the exhibition stands.
Mowjcamp reports that “pro-government forces that were systematically mobilized today, attacked Beheshti and his supporters with the help of forces from RajaNews, FarceNews, Javan and Iran newspapers.”
Mowjcamp also claims that these “delinquents” attacked the stands of Etemad, ILNA and a few others and that basji forces used tear gas to disperse the protesters.
You can see a video here. Beheshti is in the video near the end.
Salleh Alla Mohammad, Booyeh Beheshti Amad
My father always had an “aashi” joke to go with this
Dear Pedestrian,
as to your informative text + picture + photos on the media fari
possibly the following link might be of any use
[if not, PLEASE DELETE WITHOUT ANY FUSS ! ! ]
it’s a brief report on the media fair plus a (youtube) video, which non-Iranians like myself will hardly be able to decode:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/10/iran-annual-press-fair-turns-into-chaotic-protest-counterprotest.html#more
all the best
german
naj, it is a REALLY weird thing they say … why associate smells with people?!
German, thanks so much. I had not seen the LA Times’ coverage. Some parts are hard for anyone to decode, b/c it’s hard to make out what they’re saying.
Somehow, I am getting bored with these spontaneous “protests” … I think it would be MORE elegant if the greens would just show a sign to their heros when they show up; instead of breaking into chanting slogans.; and giving excuse to IRI’s hooliganizations to give Fars-NEws photo op; and the security forces and excuse to kick these leaders out of venues.
I remember in the summer of 78, the first round of student uprising, some of Tehran U students–whose wisdom and knowledge I very much trust–told me that it was becoming a disgrace to be associated with the movement, given the “character” of those who were using it as a toy, a passtime, or a badge of “coolness”–without any political purpose or wisdom. These protests remind me of Aashoora Tasooa, where “joojeh fokolis” suddenly turned “religious” for “dokhtar-bazi purposes!”
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I now what you mean Naj. For some it gradually becomes a way to “allafi” … But well, there are lots of bored youth in Tehran, so if this keeps some of them occupied, I’m happy!
I just hope there’s a “core” of pragmatic ones who can plan for more serious stuff!