TwitPics: 13 Aban, November 4 Iran protests

Tony Valdivieso — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:19:10 +0000

Supporters of the Iranian government and the opposition have both taken to the streets in Tehran today. Supporters are rallying to commemorate 13 Aban, which corresponds to November 4, the 30th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover by Iranian students. The opposition, on the other hand, is protesting the politics of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

According to Global Post, opposition leaders in Tehran, including Mir Hossein Mousavi himself, have called for peaceful protests on 13 Aban . “The 13th of Aban is a… rendezvous,” Mousavi told the Khaleej Times, “so we would remember anew that among us it is the people who are the leaders.”

“By targeting dates of historic significance to the regime, opposition supporters aim to ’subvert’ ideological symbols touted for 30 years by the Islamic Republic,” writes Tara Mahtafar of PBS, “…thereby re-brand[ing] that date as an ideology-free ‘green’ day, the trademark color of the country’s burgeoning pro-democracy movement.”

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