In response to Abraham Rotsapsky’s comment about the presence of Lebanese/Syrians amongst the Basij, perhaps unsurprisingly the Jerusalem post reports that these Arab voices on the streets of Tehran are those of Palestinians (i.e. Hamas). Unsurprisingly Hamas deny the claims noting (with some reason) that the Basij are quite capable of taking care of themselves.

Der Spiegel agrees with Abraham however that 5,000 Lebanese Hizbollah members are participating in the clamp down. Either way it seems that there might be some involvement of Arab speaking peoples in the mix, though Hizbollah militants seems a more likely candidate given that the Basij are expressly defending the revolutionary ideals of the Shiite Islamic state, not something that Hamas aligned families have been particularly keen on since those pre-Kerbala heydays. But take your pick on the culprits, no doubt the Israeli/pro-Zionist media take every chance to spring upon such an opportunity (incidentally the Spectator’s trenchant pro-Zionist Melanie Philips has of course already picked up on it).

Whatever its veracity the piece from the Jerusalem Post does again reveal the deeply anti-Arab sentiments of most Iranians however, I always thought this was a particular irony of the Iranian-Israeli sangfroid.

An excerpt of the Jerusalem Post article reads as follows:

“The most important thing that I believe people outside of Iran should be aware of,” the young man went on, “is the participation of Palestinian forces in these riots.”

Another protester, who spoke as he carried a kitchen knife in one hand and a stone in the other, also cited the presence of Hamas in Teheran.

On Monday, he said, “my brother had his ribs beaten in by those Palestinian animals. Taking our people’s money is not enough, they are thirsty for our blood too.”

It was ironic, this man said, that the victorious Ahmadinejad “tells us to pray for the young Palestinians, suffering at the hands of Israel.” His hope, he added, was that Israel would “come to its senses” and ruthlessly deal with the Palestinians.

When asked if these militia fighters could have been mistaken for Lebanese Shi’ites, sent by Hizbullah, he rejected the idea. “Ask anyone, they will tell you the same thing. They [Palestinian extremists] are out beating Iranians in the streets… The more we gave this arrogant race, the more they want… [But] we will not let them push us around in our own country.”

(Full article can be found http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184848467&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter)

Let’s make a trade for the betterment of our 2 countries: the USA and Iran.

We’ll give you the Senate and the House of Representatives, and you give us the Assembly of Experts.

We need more experts here in the US.

Yeah I know, this isn’t quite the thread’s topic. But it seems to have gone adrift a while ago and lacking my own blog I have to put my thoughts here.

A. Not at all. Considering the nature of the occupier South of our borders, any Lebanese “Basiji” would be indispensable at home and therefore not to be borrowed.

@Mousavi1388 I am prepared For martyrdom, go on strike if I am arrested #IranElection

(through twitter)

On a lighter note, since someone brought up YouTube comments:

http://xkcd.com/481/

Guys, why don’t you give a man a break and just exchange emails, because I’m sure I’m not the only one who isn’t interested in reading your tits or tats.

Please.