The Iranian government today criticized Secretary of State of the United States, Hillary Clinton, expressing their support for Iranian opposition protests, the regime cracked down yesterday because they were illegal. The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ramin Mehmanpaast, has told the press, too, that Washington is incorrectly read what happens in the Middle East because, as perceived by your country, what really happens is that the region wishes to rid the United States and Zionism.
"The comments made by U.S. officials these days emanates from confusion due to the changes that are happening in the region," he said in his regular weekly press conference. "These changes inflict harm to the interests of the ruling powers and those who support Zionism. With this kind of statement only try to hide that fact," added the spokesman.
U.S. showed last night his "clear and direct support" to the protesters who took to the streets of Tehran, in the words of Hillary Clinton. The support of the Secretary of State came when the echo of the protests have not gone off. And was blunt: "Let me directly and clearly, support the aspirations of the people in the streets of Tehran," he said, adding: "What we have seen in Iran today is testimony to the courage of the Iranian people and a clear sign of the hypocrisy of the regime in that country, which in the past three weeks has consistently hailed what was happening in Egypt.
We wish the opposition and the brave people of Iran who has taken to the streets in several cities in Iran have the same opportunities that they have seen that citizens have of Egypt. " Protest in the streets "According to eyewitnesses, security forces have arrested dozens of demonstrators in different parts of Tehran," Kaleme reported last night, the site of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Of those arrested, was also, for four hours, the consul of Spain in Tehran, Ignacio Pérez-Cambra. Thousands of people defied the official ban and answered the call "in support of the peoples of Egypt and Tunisia", released last week by himself and by Mehdi Mousavi Karroubi. Both are contesting the election of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad in the 2009 elections, but had not dared to call a new protest since February 11 last year fail the call to rally on the anniversary of the revolution.
During the previous six months, nearly octa people were killed, hundreds injured and thousands arrested in a crackdown unprecedented since the early years of the Islamic Republic. Now Karroubi Mousavi and took advantage of the enthusiasm with which the regime has embraced the Arab riots to try to regain the momentum lost, or at least bring out the cynicism of our rulers.
Since the lifting Tunisian triumph, many young Iranians have been wondering why Tunisia could, but Iran could not? The answer is found. Unlike in Tunisia and Egypt, where the military decided not to fire on its citizens, the monopoly of force is exercised by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the Pasdaran feared, a kind of ideological army whose loyalty to the regime is beyond doubt.
Officials said one person was killed and several more injured in clashes in the center of the capital Tehran, where they tried to gather thousands of people. The official press has accused of the death of the civilian opposition organizations in exile, who considered secession. Opposition groups alleged that police used tear gas and blank ammunition to disperse the gathering, who shouted slogans against the Iranian regime and in favor of Egypt and Tunisia.
In addition, they said that dozens of people were arrested in the capital and the cities of Isfahan and Shiraz, in central and south respectively of the country. The Iranian opposition also denounced the "hypocrisy" of local authorities, who have expressed their support for the Arab uprisings but prevent the protests of the population. 
"The comments made by U.S. officials these days emanates from confusion due to the changes that are happening in the region," he said in his regular weekly press conference. "These changes inflict harm to the interests of the ruling powers and those who support Zionism. With this kind of statement only try to hide that fact," added the spokesman.
U.S. showed last night his "clear and direct support" to the protesters who took to the streets of Tehran, in the words of Hillary Clinton. The support of the Secretary of State came when the echo of the protests have not gone off. And was blunt: "Let me directly and clearly, support the aspirations of the people in the streets of Tehran," he said, adding: "What we have seen in Iran today is testimony to the courage of the Iranian people and a clear sign of the hypocrisy of the regime in that country, which in the past three weeks has consistently hailed what was happening in Egypt.
We wish the opposition and the brave people of Iran who has taken to the streets in several cities in Iran have the same opportunities that they have seen that citizens have of Egypt. " Protest in the streets "According to eyewitnesses, security forces have arrested dozens of demonstrators in different parts of Tehran," Kaleme reported last night, the site of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Of those arrested, was also, for four hours, the consul of Spain in Tehran, Ignacio Pérez-Cambra. Thousands of people defied the official ban and answered the call "in support of the peoples of Egypt and Tunisia", released last week by himself and by Mehdi Mousavi Karroubi. Both are contesting the election of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad in the 2009 elections, but had not dared to call a new protest since February 11 last year fail the call to rally on the anniversary of the revolution.
During the previous six months, nearly octa people were killed, hundreds injured and thousands arrested in a crackdown unprecedented since the early years of the Islamic Republic. Now Karroubi Mousavi and took advantage of the enthusiasm with which the regime has embraced the Arab riots to try to regain the momentum lost, or at least bring out the cynicism of our rulers.
Since the lifting Tunisian triumph, many young Iranians have been wondering why Tunisia could, but Iran could not? The answer is found. Unlike in Tunisia and Egypt, where the military decided not to fire on its citizens, the monopoly of force is exercised by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the Pasdaran feared, a kind of ideological army whose loyalty to the regime is beyond doubt.
Officials said one person was killed and several more injured in clashes in the center of the capital Tehran, where they tried to gather thousands of people. The official press has accused of the death of the civilian opposition organizations in exile, who considered secession. Opposition groups alleged that police used tear gas and blank ammunition to disperse the gathering, who shouted slogans against the Iranian regime and in favor of Egypt and Tunisia.
In addition, they said that dozens of people were arrested in the capital and the cities of Isfahan and Shiraz, in central and south respectively of the country. The Iranian opposition also denounced the "hypocrisy" of local authorities, who have expressed their support for the Arab uprisings but prevent the protests of the population.
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