Iran Update II

Former president Rafsanjani made his anticipated speech at Friday prayers. According to reports earlier in the week, people were waiting with bated breath to hear the content of the speech, which many hoped would be a rallying call for change. Read this report of the event and Winston's analysis of the speech, then consider the news and rumours of the aftermath posted on Twitter as portrayed in this random selection from a rapidly growing avalanche of thousands of tweets posted on #iran election:

"There needs to be a tremendous push into the night, we need take radio & media outlets to bring all of Iran into the Streets!"

"thousands of Protesters in Enghelab St."

"Czar Putin must be very unpopular among Iranians chanting DEATH 2 Russia +Putin"

"Karoubi's son: The plain cloths who attacked my father were congratulated by their commander on their radio!"

"There are more than 1 million ppl on the streets of tehran right now"

"govt,basji sound so desperate.Stench smell of their fear days are numbered. Torture and killing the innocent"

INTERPOL!! Check for Ahmadi's fingerprints in bombing attack in Jakarta! His government sponsors terrorists!!!

To "police and army personnel...beware that receiving orders will not excuse them before god." --Montazeri

"PROTESTERS: DON'T WAIT FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO GIVE YOU FREEDOM LATER, GIVE YOUR CHILDREN FREEDOM TODAY!!"

"I wish my daughter will grow to be a great woman.. a free woman..that is all i want now"

"FOX NEWS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? THIS IS BIG! YOU WERE THE LEADER LAST TIME! SHOW YOUR STUFF! THIS COULD BE THE BIG ONE!"

"Iranian showing the world that we die on our feet and we don't want to live on our knees"

"Just got call from reliable source: interior ministry SURROUNDED! ppl are fighting the basijis back"

"All of a sudden, people know the game is up: they simply cease 2 b afraid."

Well folks. I think this regime is going to fall sooner than I thought. In fact, today may be the day. I just hope Russia will not pull a Georgia on the long suffering Iranian people. If Russia does, there is no telling where this will lead.