tango : 1.17 — Ein Freund erzählt von Nächten, die er vor 30 Jahren in den gefährlich gewordenen Straßen und auf den Dächern über der Stadt Isfahan verbrachte. Das Rufen tausender Stimmen: Allah-o-Akbar. Wir haben das erfunden, um den Schah zu vertreiben, auch ältere Menschen konnten sich in dieser Weise bemerkbar machen. Wir kämpften für Demokratie, hörten BBC, um herauszufinden, ob irgendjemand wahrnimmt, was mit uns geschieht. Kannst Du verstehen, wie ich mich jetzt fühle? — Furchtbar wurden sie betrogen, eine Generation im Exil. – Kurz nach Mitternacht. Fereshteh Ghazi, junge Journalistin, notiert: Tonight, like past nights, the chants of “Allah-o-Akbar” were heard on roof tops of Tehran & other cities. Seit Tagen schreibt sie sich die Finger wund. Persiankiwi aber, dessen Zeichen ich viele Stunden lang auf dem Bildschirm erwartete, ist verstummt. Vorgestern noch Zeilen auf Twitter folgende: > just in from Baharestan Sq — situation today is terrible — they beat the ppls like animals 3:34 PM Jun 24th I see many ppl with broken arms/legs/heads — blood everywhere — pepper gas like war 3:35 PM Jun 24th
they were waiting for us — they all have guns and riot uniforms — it was like a mouse trap — ppl being shot like animals 3:53 PM Jun 24th saw 7/8 militia beating one woman with baton on ground — she had no defense nothing — sure that she is dead 3:55 PM Jun 24th so many ppl arrested — young & old — they take ppl away — we lose our group 3:59 PM Jun 24th ppl run into alleys and militia standing there waiting — from 2 sides they attack ppl in middle of alleys 4:01 PM Jun 24th all shops was closed — nowhere to go — they follow ppls with helicopters — smoke and fire is everywhere 4:03 PM Jun 24th phone line was cut and we lost internet — getting more difficult to log into net 5:05 PM Jun rumour they are tracking high use of phone lines to find internet users — must move from here now 5:09 PM Jun 24th reports of street fighting in Vanak Sq, Tajrish sq, Azadi Sq — now — Sea of Green — Allah Akbar 5:14 PM Jun 24th in Baharestan we saw militia with axe choping ppl like meat — blood everywhere — like butcher — Allah Akbar — 5:16 PM Jun 24th they catch ppl with mobile — so many killed today — so many injured — Allah Akbar — they take one of us — 5:18 PM Jun 24th Lalezar Sq is same as Baharestan — unbelevable — ppls murdered everywhere — 5:19 PM Jun 24th they pull away the dead into trucks — like factory — no human can do this — we beg Allah for save us — 5:23 PM Jun 24th Everybody is under arrest & cant move — Mousavi — Karroubi even rumour Khatami is in house guard — 5:28 PM Jun 24th we must go — dont know when we can get internet — they take 1 of us, they will torture and get names — now we must move fast — 5:34 PM Jun 24th thank you ppls 4 supporting Sea of Green — pls remember always our martyrs — Allah Akbar — Allah Akbar — Allah Akbar 5:36 PM Jun 24th Allah — you are the creator of all and all must return to you — Allah Akbar 5:39 PM Jun 24th — stop
