TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose re-election last month spurred massive protests, plans a televised speech Tuesday night to discuss domestic and foreign issues. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected last month, setting off days of protests.

Iran's Fars news agency said the speech will be carried on one of the state-run television networks. The speech will follow a call from Iran's three top reformist leaders for an end to the "security atmosphere" in the country, referring to what they say is the government's heavy-handed response to those protesting the results of last month's presidential election.

"The wave of useless arrests must stop immediately, and those arrested previously and who have not committed any crimes must be freed immediately, and security forces must return to their barracks," said a statement from Mir Hossein Moussavi, Mehdi Karrubi and Mohammad Khatami after their meeting Monday. The group stressed that continuing the current security atmosphere "would only promote extremism within political movements." "If a modicum of wisdom had been used, and if lies and disrespect had been avoided, this issue would not have turned into a national crisis," the statement said.

Widespread protests rocked Iran in the days after the June 12 election, which incumbent Ahmadinejad won by a landslide, according to Iran's election commission. The street demonstrations and civil unrest led to the deaths of at least 20 protesters and the arrest of more than 1,000, according to Iranian state-run media. The numbers of casualties and arrests could not be independently verified by CNN because the Iranian government has banned international journalists.

The comments of Moussavi, the leading opposition candidate; Karrubi, a former parliament speaker and election candidate; and Khatami, a former Iranian president, were posted on Moussavi's Web site at GhalamNews.ir. The men have questioned the legitimacy of the vote, and accused the government of fraud in the election results. They agreed that discontented Iranians' only crime was "their protest against the cheating during the election," according to the Web site.

They blamed security forces and police for the attacks on student dormitories and the "savage behavior of plainclothesmen, with the support of security forces." The group chose three people -- former campaign workers and friends -- to act on behalf of Moussavi and Karrubi to follow up on the situations of those arrested and to help families affected by the violence. Moussavi, who was Iran's prime minister during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war, met with a number of recently released protesters and their families after the meeting.

Meanwhile, in Moscow, U.S. President Barack Obama criticized the violence against protesters in Iran. Obama was meeting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and other leaders. "The events that we have seen over the last several weeks haven't just disturbed us in America, they have disturbed the world," Obama told CNN's Ed Henry.

IranUpdates: Tonight at 9pm during Ahmadi's speech on StateTV, pple will chant on rooftops and try 2 interrupt power using appliances #iranelection

Please spread the news.

People are now turning on their "high-powered" appliances to cause a black-out.
Detailed minute by minute report on whether this can be achieved...

Blackouts already reported in Sari, Tabriz, Isfehan, Roodehen, Saghez, Lavasan and Ghazvin.

It is worth noting that the most pressure on the grid is usually in the afternoon when most industrial complexes are running and air-conditioners are on.

To bring down the grid at this time in the evening requires a very concentrated and large scale effort. THIS IS HUGE.

AN daareh goh mikhoreh:
"We are in favor of peace and negotiation."
"last month's election: the most free election anywhere in the world."

No reports of blackout in Tehran, but if that happens, I suspect most twitter sites woulod be down.

Short disruption to power in Tehran reported. Some emergency generators have kicked in.
Northern part of Karaj is now added to the list of other cities in darkness.

In the Midst of a blackout the light of freedom shine!

Power diverted from Street Lamps in East Tehran to avoid total grid failure.

AN: "This election has doubled the dignity of Iranian nation" You got that right motherf***, that's why you should know your days are numbered.

Sirens are heard on the streets all over Tehran in response to chants of "Death To Dictator" which has been going on for 45 minutes now on rooftops.

East of Tehran now in black-out.
Also added to the list: Ahvaz, Khoramshahr, Dezfool, Jahrom

Dorood bar hamavatanaane shoja va ghayyoor. Dorood.

ANe GOH: "I am the symbol of change" :piss:

Iranian Twitter community frustrated by MJ coverage taking attention away from the Iranian issue both on Twitter and world media.

Twitter feeds from Tehran seem to have stopped!!!
Is Tehran in total black-out?! Oh God, this is HUGE.

Reports of Basiji's attacking people on rooftops. Complete Tehran Blackout not yet accomplished.

Some Tehran neighbourhoods now experiencing darkness.

Black Out: Khomini Shahr, Shahin Shar, Folad Shahr,Kashan and parts of Rasht

Thanx for the update Behrou jAn,
The big one is coming on July 19th, while commemorating the students uprising of 1999 the courageous Iranians will punch the thugs in barbaric republic in the mouth again.

BTW: I've heard IRR is planning to stop issuing building permits to any home plan with flat roofs. j/k :D:D:D

Behrou jan, where are you getting the updates from?

All over the place Pedram jaan.
Looking forward to the 19th Rasoul jaan. It was important to know that the uprising is not over, but stronger than ever, ahead of that day.

Zendeh Baad Iran.

This is a good place to check Pedram joon:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/14/iran-election-twitter-fee_n_215330.html

All the major Twitter feeds updated automatically.

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Thanks for the updates. That is great. Looking forward to 18 tir.

Thanks Behrou for the updates. I too am looking forward to 18 Tir.
Payandeh bAd Iraneh aziz.

You're welcome guys. Again the least I could do under the circumstances. I even told my "father AbbasGholiKhan" to report it on ISP!!! This is no time to let pride get in the way of getting things done.

Behrou jan, make sure you report Ashtar for his bad dahani: "Koonesh gozasht" in that thread. Let's see the zero tolerance policy of ISP. ;)

By the way just reading your finglish in that thread I could tell that was you Behrou jan. ;)

LOOL, it cracked me up when reading all the reference to Bacheh Bi-honar(i).

By the way, PJ is right, I could also tell it was you. :)

Yeah, no big secret, otherwise I wouldn't have posted it here. But I didn't know my Fingilisi was so obvious. ;)

I just got tired of watching our good friends struggle with these trolls all day today and there was absolutely no coverage of this extremely important event. I really don't understand why the powers at ISP don't get rid of these bastards and why the "dastandar-kaaran" have had so few words (if any) to say about the massacres and events taking place in Iran. I certainly won't be sending any PM's so if I get banned we know the reasons for allowing the voice of tyranny to continue to challenge the voice of the uprising. Although, it has been as clear as daylight to me for quite some time.

BTW, that's where I got my username from in the first place. ;)

The way you write "mau" is only used by you. I have not seen anyone else use it that way.
Did you report Ashtar?

Actually, I usally write is as "maa". ;)
Yes I did just now. Thanks for reminding me. :) The note read "I believe this is a clear violoation of ISP rules and subject to the full force of ISP's Zero Tolerance Policy."

Interestingly enough Pedram jaan, Pooya came back with a post directed at me saying "you cant just start calling ISP members names such as Pedophiles" and closed the thread!

Of course I had already explained in the thread very specifically and explicitly that I was not referring to anyone, rather describing what I had seen from ISP members in other threads (see below). I will leave the judgement of the situation to each indicvidual. However, Ashtar's infraction ramined unanswered, this important "informational" thread was closed and the thread "To the members of ASP, Mehr (pedophiles)" (which refers to a specific member as a pedophile, since yesterday and more worthy of some action, but without any significant anti IR content) remains open at the time of this post.

Actually, I usally write is as "maa". ;)
Yes I did just now. Thanks for reminding me. :) The note read "I believe this is a clear violoation of ISP rules and subject to the full force of ISP's Zero Tolerance Policy."

Na dadash, you always write "mau". ;)

Interestingly enough Pedram jaan, Pooya came back with a post directed at me saying "you cant just start calling ISP members names such as Pedophiles" and closed the thread!

Of course I had already explained in the thread very specifically and explicitly that I was not referring to anyone, rather describing what I had seen from ISP members in other threads (see below). He is quite some piece of work, isn't he? I guess I'll leave the judgement of what side of the fence he's on for others, but Ashtar's infraction went by the way side, this important "informational" thread was closed and the thread "To the members of ASP, Mehr (pedophiles)" (which refers to a specific member as a pedophile, since yesterday and more worthy of some action, but without any significant anti IR content) remains open at the time of this post.

This is another double standard we have come to know from ISP. I just wanted to make sure that we bring it to their attention that they are taking sides with certain people such as Ashtar. So that next time they don't say you didn't report it. Thanks

behrou jaan thank you for the updates.

LOOOOOOOOOOL

Guys you have got to see this, AN is fighting the biggest Horse Fly (khar magas) while giving the speech.
He also recognizes the people chanting "allah o akbar" and wish them well.

YouTube - ‫بزرگترین خر مگس دنیا به روی احمدی نژاد نشست [HQ]‬‎

I know I should post this in dedicated thread, but allow me to take a little detour
and post it here. It has more traffic:D

TEHRAN NIGHTS!!!

YouTube - TEHERAN IRAN PROTESTS BY NIGHT

Enjoyed the Tehran protest video. :)

By the way, did you guys notice how little "green" is shown of the Flag in AN's video?
Usually the lower part (red) is tucked-in, not the green! Khak to saretoon bekonan.

LOL @ the fly... must have smelled AN from miles away. ;)

Enjoyed the Tehran protest video. :)

By the way, did you guys notice how little "green" is shown of the Flag in AN's video?
Usually the lower part (red) is tucked-in, not the green! Khak to saretoon bekonan.

LOL @ the fly... must have smelled AN from miles away. ;)

R.T jAn,
It is not just the flag, look at the flower bouquet...there is no green in it. They've gone over board to delete green from the bouquet to a point it looks more like "Del o jigar & donbalaan".

Yeah, no big secret, otherwise I wouldn't have posted it here. But I didn't know my Fingilisi was so obvious. ;)

I just got tired of watching our good friends struggle with these trolls all day today and there was absolutely no coverage of this extremely important event.

BH jan, I also knew you it was you.:)

I've decided to stay away from ISP for a while. It's disgusting to see every thread go right down the toilet by a couple of cockroaches who have turned the place into their personal playground, taking full advantage of people's naivete and good will. I even erased the bookmark to avoid the temptation.

It's pretty much a lost cause at this point. The admins are unwilling to do anything about the problem and most members are too naive to realize they are playing right into the hands of those monkeys. I can get my news elsewhere. I'm done wasting my time with it.

It's pretty much a lost cause at this point. The admins are unwilling to do anything about the problem and most members are too naive to realize they are playing right into the hands of those monkeys. I can get my news elsewhere. I'm done wasting my time with it.

IZ jan, you are right.

Ever since the uprising, I have been following the recent events from various sources including ISP. I’ve noticed, in the first few days of uprising some of the admin/mods/shareholders/ were engaged in discussions and support of the movement….few days later their comments stopped altogether!!! I’ve also seen your and other members plea to other members with use the ignore function to no avail! :dunno:

Some of these guys get into long discussions wanting to convince likes of GP on IR’s brutality, :help: not realizing that they are actually engaging with “professional” mozdoor die-hard agents such as Hameed, ( AKA, GP, M of D, etc.), Simply Ken, Chief, Ashtar, etc. :piss:

First few days of the movement, other than Hameed, rest of these MF’s did not have much to say, but later they all got the word to come out of the wood works. :laser:

Anyway, I hope to see you around more often......

IZ jaan, the only thing that bothers me about these situations is dishonesty. I don't really care if ... is even run by Vazaarate Ershad, just be honest and upfront about your goals and position and let people make the choice. It's not nice to hide under the guise of freedom and rights with a political agenda that clearly opposes these simple and basic principles. That's all I'm saying, been saying and will be saying.

From my post over there...

ISP, as a private organization is free to make the decision of whether they want IR type propoganda on their web site, in lieu of the situation facing our nation. They have the CHOICE to decide whether they want the traffic on the site to move Mr. Ashtar's Satellite imagery to the 6th spot in a Google search when one asks the question of "dust storm or strike in tehran" or locking the thread about blackouts so that it does not even show up on the first 3 Google seach pages when one types "blackouts televised speech iran" - despite my efforts to draw attention to our hamvatans' struggle and their daily cries for help from Iranians web sites. Of course they have that right. All I'm asking is that "we" do not hide that under the guise of free speech and higher ideals. Let's just be upfront and honest about it. That's all. Thank you and kind regards.

BH jan, I also knew you it was you.:)

I've decided to stay away from ISP for a while. It's disgusting to see every thread go right down the toilet by a couple of cockroaches who have turned the place into their personal playground, taking full advantage of people's naivete and good will. I even erased the bookmark to avoid the temptation.

It's pretty much a lost cause at this point. The admins are unwilling to do anything about the problem and most members are too naive to realize they are playing right into the hands of those monkeys. I can get my news elsewhere. I'm done wasting my time with it.

I.Z jAn,
But Ireally want to continue with my references from " Kanz ol adyAn fil maa'ref olband oltonbAn" though:D:D:D , I don't know but I think my new approach makes a mashed potato out of hezis plots.

Thanks arti jan. You're absolutely right. It really comes down to naivete. Some people operate under the delusion that these roaches are just misguided and can be turned around with reason and kindness. Some even think GP is really a monarchist who "tries to be objective".:)

I figured out long ago that all these agents operate the same way: Stick to the talking points no matter what, ask for "proof" if you think it's hard to find, then completely ignore it if it is offered. Their whole agenda the last couple of weeks has been to provoke people into emotional reactions and engage them in pissing contests and futile debates that divert the focus of the board. And to that end, they have been completely successful. Interestingly, all of them are perfect embodiments of IR itself: vaghih, harzeh, and bi-vojdan.

I did all I could to help people see what's right in front of them, but there are just too many simpletons out there and I have better uses for my energy.

I have not spent as much time as you guys on ISP lately, but I have noticed their efforts and I agree with IZ and RT. I was just thinking that maybe ISP admins are actually afraid of IRI and their agents and that is why they let them roam free without applying the same rules they apply to everyone else. Since some of their names are public domain, maybe they are afraid to take a political side. Who knows what is going on behind the scenes.

Since some of their names are public domain, maybe they are afraid to take a political side. Who knows what is going on behind the scenes.

That is exactly the case!

Some of you old timers (10+ years ago) may recall Afshin and Hameed (AKA GP) the original admins of Persian Gulf Football before it became ISP! IMHO, this was a well planned/executed transfer of PGF to new owners.

Obviously they had to know all the new owners contact names etc. before the domain transfer, hence now they have ISP’s current owners by the balls (literally). If these guys (current ISP owners) step out too much, they know full well, their personal information will end up with IRGC intelligence. Hence they have no choice but to tolerate likes of GP and run a tight ship at the expense of others......

BH and Motori jan, I submitted that last post before seeing your messages. Your points are certainly valid, but I think as PJ said, I don't think the problem is so much sympathy for the regime as it is an understandable concern. I can't blame them for being careful when their names are public knowledge, especially when they travel to Iran frequently.

What I do fault them for, is the free pass they've given to GP to spam the board under countless identities. I've argued the point with them many times but they are in complete denial. Using proxies this day and age is simply done with a few clicks. And anyone with a basic understanding of Farsi would realize that the posts by member of day and GP are written by the same person. This jackass has had so many names I've lost track: member of day, Nadia, Hassan1980, arash-kaman, R_E_Z_A, and a few others that he only uses once or twice. Between all these accounts, the clown practically spends his entire day on ISP!

It's a complete insult to everyone's intelligence and makes it hard to take the discussions seriously.

The point is valid IZ jaan to some extent, but at the end of the day, we're in a crucial stage in our history and I personally think the time for tipy toeing on the fence has come to an end. Believe me, the IR has enough big hunchos to deal with right now and for years to come to worry about what ADMINS of this site or that site are doing. And not travelling to Iran in the next couple of months may be a small sacrifice many of us will have to make (I've made if for many years) to do our parts in the bigger scheme of things.

I agree. But my main point is that their leniency toward the parasites stems from fear rather than support.

I've heard some people who traveled to Iran last week have been interrogated because they had posted protest info on their facebook accounts. There is honestly no limit to the viciousness of these bastards.

Fuck me! I couldn't stay away.:) The more I thought about it, the more it seemed like I was letting them win.

Yeah agree with the fear factor for sure. And LOL @ the 2nd post. :)

If some one's name is public domain (like me) and he/she disagrees with IRI in discussion forums then decides to travel to Iran means he/she will be arrested upon arrival?

If some one's name is public domain (like me) and he/she disagrees with IRI in discussion forums then decides to travel to Iran means he/she will be arrested upon arrival?
Not definitely, but unfortunately there is a chance. I didn't know your last name was public though. I only know your first name.