Iran leader praises force tasked with quashing protests
Source: AP
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BAGHDAD (AP) Irans supreme leader praised paramilitary volunteers tasked with quashing dissent on Saturday in a televised address as dozens of eye doctors warned that a rising number of demonstrators have been blinded by security forces during anti-government protests.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed members of the Basij, the volunteer paramilitary wing of the elite Revolutionary Guard, and reiterated unsupported claims that protesters demonstrating countrywide are tools of the U.S. and its mercenaries.
(The) Basij should not forget that the main clash is with global hegemony, Khamenei said, referring to the U.S. The address marking Basij week in Iran echoed previous statements lambasting the protests as a foreign plot to destabilize Iran.
Extolling the military and social virtues of the Basij over the decades, Khamenei said the forces sacrificed themselves in order to save people from a bunch of rioters and mercenaries, referring to the recent country-wide unrest. They sacrificed themselves in order to confront oppression.
In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. Iran's supreme leader praised paramilitary volunteers tasked with quashing dissent on Saturday in a televised address as dozens of eye doctors warned that a rising number of demonstrators have been blinded by security forces during anti-government protests. The Basij have taken a leading role in clamping down on demonstrations that began Sept. 17, ignited by the death of a young woman while in the custody of Iran's morality police. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
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bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)countrys youth while supplying Russia with weapons to freeze to death a civilian population.
Iran is run by evil rat bastards. May Ukraine and the youth and women of Iran prevail.
nycbos
(6,033 posts)... the women of Iran (unlike Ukraine) don't have Javelins or HIMARS to protect them.
republianmushroom
(13,061 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)NullTuples
(6,017 posts)Takket
(21,425 posts)so sad........... wish there was some way to help them