“I think the climate that we see in Iran today is not dissimilar to a few months of the regime back then,” former crown prince Reza Cyrus Pahlavi, who lives in exile in suburban Washington, told CNN.

The Shah has stated he is returning to the nation in this time of need. London news wires are reporting that “Reza Shah Pahlavi II” issued the following message to Iranians this morning from an unknown location:”I have returned. By the grace of Alah our Constitutionalist forces will soon stand again on Persian soil — soil consecrated in the blood of our people. We have begun to return, dedicated and committed, to the task of destroying every vestige of theocratic control over your daily lives, and of restoring a foundation of indestructible strength ensuring the liberties of my people.

My countrymen, the seat of your government is now therefore firmly re- established on Iranian soil.

The hour of your redemption is here. Your patriots have demonstrated an unswerving and resolute devotion to the principles of freedom that challenges the best that is written on the pages of human history. I now call upon your supreme effort that the internal enemy may know from the temper of an aroused and outraged people within that ours is a a force there to contend with no less violent than is the force committed by themselves.

Rally to me. Let the indomitable spirit of our people and self-determination lead on. As the lines of battle roll forward to bring you within the zone of operations, rise and strike. Strike at every favorable opportunity. For your homes and children, strike! For future generations of your sons and daughters, strike! In the name of our sacred dead, strike! Let no heart be faint. Let every arm be steeled. The guidance of divine Alah points the way. Follow in His Name to our righteous victory!”

Unidentified sources have reported the “Shah of Iran” will return in a few days and speculation as to the exact time and exact place within Iran will only delay the inevitable.

Reza Pahlavi appealed to Western leaders, particularly President Barack Obama, to “show solidarity” with Iranians, likening their plight to that of Eastern Europeans during the Soviet era.

“I think any other signal other than this will be a slap in the face of the nation,” Reza Shah Pahlavi II said.

The Shah appealed for a strong position by President Barack Obama, who has called for reconciliation with Iran after three decades of hostility.

“I would like to take this opportunity and tell the president this is a crucial moment — on behalf of my compatriots and millions who have been turning to the outside world, particularly to this president — to say, don’t let us down.”

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was deposed and fled Iran in January 1979 as more than a year of protests had spiraled into a paralyzing nationwide movement.

The former Shah, who died in Cairo a year later, had been a close ally of the United States. His domestic agenda included improving the role of women and weakening the power of the clergy.

His son — who has previously stated he is not insisting on the restoration of the monarchy — said he now wants to help the protesters.

“I would love to help them reach complete, real freedom under a secular democratic system where there’s a true separation of religion from government. I will return soon,” he said this morning according to his moving statement.

Iran’s election authorities have again declared hardline incumbent Ahmadinejad the victor just hours after polls closed ten days ago, infuriating supporters of moderate former premier Mir Hossein Mousavi.

http://internationalinsights.blogspot.com

Well you are either a communist or mentally challenged if you can’t see what is happening. This imposter of a president will stop at nothing less than America on her knees.

This reminds me of the movie “The Man with Two Brains.” Steve Martin, newly widowed, wants to go out with a woman he met. So he stands before a huge full length picture of his deceased wife and he asks her for her approval. He asks her to give him a “sign”

Suddenly the house shakes, a strong wind comes through the room and his wife’s picture spins around and around. When it dies down, Martin looks again the picture of his wife and says, “give me a sign….any sign.”

Haven’t you seen the signs? There have been literally dozens of them! You better bone up on current events or you are going to be in for one hell of a surprise.

“Listen I’m as conservative as anyone but I’m increasingly reading crazier and crazier posts on here from nuts. We’re not in the same situation as Iram OK? Not now not in three and a half years.”

Chris, history move in fits and starts. It seems to move slowly for long periods of time. Those who predict sudden movements seem like cranks. When history continues to slumber, the doomsayers are seen by all to be cranks.

Then, when history lurches forward, as it always does from time to time, those who predicted the sudden movement seem like prophets.

In 1857 some predicted a civil war. At the time others thought they were nuts.

you were saying?

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/06/activists-launch-hack-attacks-on-tehran-regime/

“The impact of these distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks isn’t clear. But official online outlets like leader.ir, ahmadinejad.ir, and iribnews.ir are currently inaccessible. “There are calls to use an even more sophisticated tool called BWraep, which seems to exhaust the target website out of bandwidth by creating bogus requests for serving images,” notes Open Society Institute fellow Evgeny Morozov.”

Almost all the targeted sites are down. I mean let’s go see what the supreme leader’s site is saying:
http://www.khamenei.ir/
Oh, the server is down, gee i wonder how that happened.

Not to mention that one of the reasons iranians are getting around the internet censor is because people are setting up proxies for them.

I fundamentally don’t understand you people sometimes.

BTW, speaking of setting up proxies for iranian citizens so they can continue getting out pictures and video:

http://blog.austinheap.com/2009/06/15/how-to-setup-a-proxy-for-iran-citizens-for-windows/

you going to mock that too smart guy?

Jose Miguel Gomez / Reuters
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22066948/
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He was later successful in another Constitutional change, which eliminated term limits, but this was passed in an internationally monitored election.

Please provide links regarding the people arrested in Venezuela. I think Chavez *should* be criticized for supporting regimes which violate the human rights provisions in the Venezuelan Constitution. Also, please provide links regarding the interference in the internal affairs of his S.A. neighbors. You mean like the US Endowment for Democracy (sic) has interfered in Venezuela and all of Latin America since the CIA-coup period?

The US has friendly ties with China, or haven’t you been to WalMart recently. We should refuse to trade with any nation that does not respect the civil rights of its people, but neither the Repubs or Dems, who work for the same Wall St./Bankster interests, will address that one. It is difficult to complain about Chavez when our own nation hypocritically acts in similar ways.