read one poster. Another read. "Neda is everyone's sister, everyone's daughter, everyone's voice for freedom,"
The question is does this rebellion have enough steam to lead to a revolution that will be a able to effect a regime change in Iran , or will it end up as what happened in Tiananmen Square in China.
The Iranian regime is trying to follow the Chinese model by employing huge security and military forces. In yesterday's protest in Tehran the protesters were outnumbered by security forces more than 2 to 1
Iran's crown prince Reza Pahlavi said Monday that the week-long protests in his country were supported by much of the military and clerical establishment and could end up bringing down the entire Islamic government.
Pahlavi, who has sought an end to the Islamic regime since his father was deposed in the 1979 revolution, said he had sources within the military and intelligence that were ready to switch sides.
'It's almost a revolutionary climate,' Pahlavi told reporters in Washington. 'Let me assure you, (the movement) will not die because we will not let it die.'
Millions have taken to the streets in Iran, defying the government, in sometimes bloody demonstrations of what they believe was a fraudulent June 12 election victory by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iranian opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Moussavi, a former prime minister, has demanded a rerun of the election and vowed to continue the protests.
Pahlavi, said resistance among security officials 'has already started,' with some refusing to carry out orders to suppress the protests, but he could not give an indication of the extent of the internal discord.
Pahlavi for years has advocated a secular parliamentary democracy for Iran, and made no claims on Monday for reviving the monarchy.
If Pahlavi is right Tehran 2009 will end up being like Prague or Budapest in 1989, otherwise it is another Tiananmen Square rebellion
Tuesday
09:30 French President Nicolas Sarkozy Tuesday reshuffled his cabinet, naming new interior and justice ministers . Brice Hortefeux, a longtime Sarkozy ally who was labour and social affairs minister, was named to the interior ministry, replacing Michele Alliot-Marie, who takes over from Rachida Dati as justice minister, the Elysee said.
09:10 — President Obama harshly condemned the Iranian crackdown against demonstrations on Tuesday, declaring the rest of the world “appalled and outraged” and dismissing what he called “patently false and absurd” accusations that the United States instigated the protests.
9:00pm March 14 Forces General Secretariat : Meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed .
08:25 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei agreed on Tuesday to grant the election watchdog five more days to examine complaints of fraud in the disputeed presidential poll, ISNA news agency said.
7:20pm Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh flew to Cairo to participate in Wednesday 's Arab League Foreign Ministers’ extraordinary meeting that would discuss both Obama's and Netanyahu’s speeches.
06:10 Now Lebanon : An official Syrian source said Tuesday, that the 23 Lebanese freed from Syrian prisons were released a month ago after being granted a special amnesty and the Syrian-Lebanese follow up committee was notified about the release during its Saturday meeting
06:08 Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday that the Iranian Interior Ministry warned opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, "to respect the law and the people's vote" after his presidential election defeat.
06:05pm British PM Gordon Brown announced the expulsion of Iranian diplomats in response to the expulsion of British diplomats
05;32 pm Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi's campaign office said on Tuesday that it will soon release a full report on "fraud and irregularities" in the June 12 presidential election.
5:20pm MP Saad Hariri ended his Cairo visit by meeting Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa. Hariri affirmed to his host that Lebanon won’t witness any disturbances adding discussions are underway to benefit political and economic stability .
5:07pm Formation of a ‘Nationalist Parties Bloc’ composed of MPs from the Syrian Social Nationalists Party(SSNP) and Baathist’s Assaad Hardan, Assem Qanso, Hisham and Marwan Fares, respectively.
04:15pm Iran lashed out at UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday accusi "meddling" in its affairs, the state broadcaster reported.
03:50 Al-Arabiya: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana condemns violence against Iranian protestors
3:35pm General Security Forces Arrested a person named G.A.N at al-Qulaiaa on charges of spying for Israel.
3:25pm Hezbollah denounced the Israeli campaign of demolishing Palestinian homes in Jerusalem stressing the need to hold on to the option of resisting the enemy as means for returning the land and safeguarding dignity.
3:21pm MP Robert Ghanem: A March 14 Forces parliamentary bloc meeting is to be held tomorrow to adopt a common stance concerning the election of MP Nabih Berri for a fifth term as parliament speaker.
2:35pm UNIFIL spokeswoman Yasmina Bouziane: The Shebaa farms area is not part of UNIFIL’s area of operations.
2:00pm The sender of the booby trapped package to the HQ of the General Security Department Mahdi al-Hajj Hassan was referred to the military court.
01:54 Iranian authorities arrest journalist working for the Washington Times
1:02pm MP Saad Hariri met with Arab League chief Amr Moussa who said he was optimistic about Lebanese political life, adding that consultations are calm on formation of the next cabinet.
12:57pm Williams after meeting former PM Najib Miqati: We discussed about importance to form a new cabinet soon so that it assumes its responsibilities on many issues.
12:50pm MP Michel Pharaon after meeting with U.S. Ambassador Michele Sison: It will soon become clear who is cooperating in the implementation of the constitution and allowing the premiership to play its role fully.
12:15pm U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams expressed optimism at the political process in the country after talks with caretaker FM Fawzi Salloukh.
11:54 Christian Balanian, 22, died after falling from the fourth floor of his parents’ house in Biakout, Metn province.
11:05 Caretaker PM Fouad Siniora is meeting with former Italian Premier Romano Prodi at the Grand Serail.
11:00 MP Saad Hariri met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and discussed with him latest developments and bilateral ties. Hariri made no statement after the meeting.
10:45 Caretaker Justice Minister Najjar told Future Tv: The committee wasn’t handed over any person. We don’t know yet to whom the released Lebanese were handed over. 8 people who were thought missing were on SOLIDE’s list but were sentenced in Syria.
10:30 Caretaker Information Minister Tareq Mitri told Future TV: The country has a unique opportunity to form a cabinet that gets a wider confidence from the Lebanese.
10:17 Gemayel : releasing the Lebanese from Syrian jails is a step in the right direction and is bound to improve the relations between our 2 countries
09:53 MP Sakr might announce his candidacy for speaker at press conference on Wednesday
8:32 MP Ali Fayyad told VOL: The majority is not likely to take extremist decisions following the meeting between Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and PSP leader MP Walid Jumblatt.
8:30 MP Ghassan Mukhaiber told VOL: I believe that there is consensus between all leaders and there is agreement on the formation of the national unity cabinet.
7:55 MP Ahmed Fatfat told VOL: The problem is not in the appointment of the PM. It is in the formation of the next cabinet. Al-Mustaqbal movement will meet in the next 24 hours to adopt a stance over voting for Berri as the speaker
07:50 sources close to al Mustaqbal: : voting for Berri has become mandatory and inevitable, despite the lack of enthusiasm from the grassroots
07:49 Iran's Guardian Council rejects annulment of election results despite major irregularities
07:48 MPs Torsarkisian and Tueini declined joining the Lebanese Forces ' parliamentary bloc
06:08 President Suleiman told An Nahar: the formula that will ensure national unity is the acceptable formula for the new government and the current circumstance make Saad Hariri the appropriate candidate to head such a government
05:56 "An-Nahar": In the case of 8 of the released Lebanese ( from Syrian jails), Lebanon had already notified Syria that they were missing , but Syria did not respond to Lebanon's request and subjected them to trial , before releasing them
05:54 the 23 people that Syria released were listed by Lebanon as missing but Syria never acknowledged they were in Syrian jails until released
05:50 An Nahar : Syria Released the following 23 Lebanese from Syrian jails including 8 that were listed by Lebanon as missing :
Abbas Mohammed Abou Hamdan, Massoud Mohammed Hassan, Ismail Jamil Kalash, Ali Mustafa al-Jammal, Nizar Ali Yaghi, Nayef Mohammed al-Abdi, Ismail Attiyeh Gharli, Hani Abdel Rahim Mustafa, Hassan Mohammed al-Hujairi, Mohammed Shehade al-Flayti, Siham Ahmed Murtada, Rashed Mustafa Karnabi, Nadwa Khalif al-Sayyed, Jihad Saleh Yaghi, Hisham Hassan al-Dirani, Mahdi Nour Amoun, Nicola Nakhle al-Tabbal, Mohammed Deeb Youssef, Hassan Youssef Nasser, Mohammed Mahmoud Qanso, Hassan Ali Jaafar, Ibrahim Mohammed al-Haq and Shehade Assad Wehbi.
05:42 The Number of votes that Berri is expected to received has been reduced to about 90 if Hariri allows his bloc members the freedom of choice
05:37 "An-Nahar:" Make contact with three days ago between Berri and Hariri and a second in Saudi Arabia
05:34 After election Berri will go to the Baabda Palace to meet President Suleimanto urge him to start of consultations for premier selection
05:23 Baabda Palace is waiting Thursday's parliament meeting to start the consultations for nominating a prime minister .
Monday
07:50pm France 5 TV: Syrian president Bashar Assad wants an agreement with STL , similar to that between Lebanon and STL before agreeing to cooperate on the Hariri trial
07:31 MP Saad Hariri arrives in Cairo to meet FM Abul Gheit and president Mubarak
07:21 Italy, Britain, Russia issue travel advisories against non-essential travel to Iran
06:18pm Ain el Tinah sources: Berri is disappointed in Gemayel's speech which he described as "dry"
06:17pm PSP sources told al Markaziyah : There will be no meeting between Jumblatt and Aoun
5:43pm Future News: Security forces seized a truck suspected of carrying weapons in Dahr al-Baydar. It is currently being examined by experts.
5:38pm LF's bloc held a meeting in Maarab headed by Samir Geagea and attended by Strida Geagea, Antoine Zahra, George Adwan, Elie Kayrouz, Farid Habib, Chante Jeanjeanian, Tony Abu Khater and Joseph Maalouf.
5:35pm: Authorities burned 563 kilos of hashish in Tripoli.
5:25pm U.S. Embassy: Washington donated 75 military Humvees to the Lebanese army and will provide 200 more by the end of the year.
