Consider those 4th of July Barbecue Invitations.. Rescinded!

ThoughtRogue:  This report truly comes from the You-just-can’t-make-this-stuff-up department.  HotAir.com reminds us that the Faux-bama administration had actually extended invitations for Iranian Higher-Ups to visit their local U.S. Embassy on July 4th to partake in some hot dogs, apple pie, and safe-n-sane fireworks – you know, duly celebrating that wacky ”freedom and liberty” thing..

“As you all know many weeks ago the administration extended an invitation to celebrate the freedom that this country enjoys. not surprisingly based on what we see in Tehran, no one has RSVP’d,” said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

“Understand that July 4th allows us to celebrate the freedom and liberty that we enjoy. I don’t think it’s surprising that no one has signed up to come given the events of the last few days. Those invitations will be no longer extended.

Meanwhile, back on the streets, in which we will certainly NOT meddle…  Ahh, the Religion of Peace strikes again..  (and again, and…)

Son’s Death Has Iranian Family Asking Why

By FARNAZ FASSIHI

TEHRAN—The family, clad in black, stood at the curb of the road sobbing. A middle-aged mother slapped her cheeks, letting out piercing wails. The father, a frail man who worked as a doorman at a clinic in central Tehran, wept quietly with his head bowed.

Minutes before, an ambulance had arrived from Tehran’s morgue carrying the body of their only son, 19-year-old Kaveh Alipour.

On Saturday, amid the most violent clashes between security forces and protesters, Mr. Alipour was shot in the head as he stood at an intersection in downtown Tehran. He was returning from acting class and a week shy of becoming a groom, his family said.

The details of his death remain unclear. He had been alone. Neighbors and relatives think that he got trapped in the crossfire. He wasn’t politically active and hadn’t taken part in the turmoil that has rocked Iran for over a week, they said.

“He was a very polite, shy young man,” said Mohamad, a neighbor who has known him since childhood.

When Mr. Alipour didn’t return home that night, his parents began to worry. All day, they had heard gunshots ringing in the distance. His father, Yousef, first called his fiancée and friends. No one had heard from him.

At the crack of dawn, his father began searching at police stations, then hospitals and then the morgue.

Upon learning of his son’s death, the elder Mr. Alipour was told the family had to pay an equivalent of $3,000 as a “bullet fee”—a fee for the bullet used by security forces—before taking the body back, relatives said.

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NC Reminds:  These riots ARE NOT about Mousavi losing the election.  The Citizens of Iran want FREEDOM. They are done with the mullahs controlling them, they are down with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his secret police, they are done with the mobile cranes that go from neighborhood to neighborhood on Fridays hanging the woman for not wearing the hijab! They are fighting for freedom!   Never forget that!  

The Tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and Patriots.  Long live the memory of this Patriot! 

Analysis: Iran at the Tipping Point by Ilana Freedman

Iran has reached a point of no return. The increasingly violent demonstrations in the streets of Iran’s cities are growing larger and louder as Iranians continue to protest the results of a well-orchestrated, fraudulent national election. The outcome of the June 12th elections, was determined long before the Iranian people went to the ballot boxes. Although the final results of the election were not supposed to be announced until Monday, June 15, Ahmadinejad preempted the announcement on the 13th, declaring himself the winner. This was despite the fact that the counting of nearly forty million votes was clearly impossible in such a short time.

Ahmadinejad gave an audacious performance at a press conference the following day, touting what he called the ‘real and free’ election process. Pandering to the West, he ignored the oppressive reality under which the Iranian people live.

“The elections belong to the people,” he said, “and were conducted by the people. Forty million participated in them. The people have made their decision . . . . The response of our people is very clear – those forty million who participated in the elections exist here and now. Those twenty million or so who voted for me exist here and now. At any given point in the future, they will repeat their heroic act. That is what the Iranian people is all about.”

“Iran supports peace, justice, and brotherhood”, he continued. “Don’t you worry about us. Freedom here is almost absolute. As proof of this, you see that people can say whatever they like. They are not afraid of persecution.”

Well, the people are speaking now. And ‘freedoms’ that Ahmadinejad boasted of in his press conference have gone by the wayside. The wheels of oppression are now in full play to suppress all displays of dissent among the Iranian people. Persecution is clearly the reward that the government wants dissenters to reap.

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