Showing posts with label Iran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iran. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
America's Secret War with Iran - Vanguard
Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels to the Iraq-Iran border to investigate claims that the United States is supporting militant groups that are attacking Iran.
So far the Obama administration has made no meaningful change in the old American strategy of destabilizing the system in Iran through covert and overt means. Supporting the separatist militant groups in Kurdistan and Balochistan areas is one such front in which the US and Iran are face to face with each other. Turkey is also not happy with America because any support to PJAK also strengthens its sister PKK.
The Iranian Revolution in the Making - 1979 Footage - English
This appears to be from Jan-Feb of 1979 in Tehran. Shah has already fled and Imam Khomeini is enthusiastically awaited in Iran. The air is filled with euphoria. In what became a signature activity or gesture of the Iranian revolutionary movement, the demonstrators are handing flowers to the soldiers. Before departing the Shah appointed Shapour Bakhtiar as the Prime Minister. Bakhtiar was from one of the opposition parties. Shah wanted this to be seen as a conciliatory gesture to forestall the revolution. However, Bakhtiar's tenure lasted for no more than 36 days. He failed to rally support from the members of his own party- the National Front. This footage was aired by CBC.
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