Live blogging on Iran
Just want to recommend two sites to keep up with the quickly changing events in Iran.
The National Iranian American Council is live blogging, with many powerful stories submitted by their members, many of whom have family in Iran.
The Huffington Post's Nico Pitney
Given the U.S. history of overthrowing Iran's first democratically government, backing a dictator who ruled Iran (along with his torture police) for decades, supporting Iraq's invasion of Iran which killed half a million Iranians, and subsequent decades of threats of military attack and regime change, U.S. condemnations of the Iranian government aren't--to put it mildly--likely to help anyone and very well could hurt many.
But concerned independent U.S. citizens can do much to help--first and foremost by educating themselves and get these reports from Iran circulating far and wide throughout the world....
The National Iranian American Council is live blogging, with many powerful stories submitted by their members, many of whom have family in Iran.
The Huffington Post's Nico Pitney
Given the U.S. history of overthrowing Iran's first democratically government, backing a dictator who ruled Iran (along with his torture police) for decades, supporting Iraq's invasion of Iran which killed half a million Iranians, and subsequent decades of threats of military attack and regime change, U.S. condemnations of the Iranian government aren't--to put it mildly--likely to help anyone and very well could hurt many.
But concerned independent U.S. citizens can do much to help--first and foremost by educating themselves and get these reports from Iran circulating far and wide throughout the world....
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