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Latest Iran Parliament Video: "Rig the Vote and You Go to Kahrizak" (3 September)
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 19:58
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You asked for it; you got it. Many readers have enquired about the video, mentioned in our updates, where a member of the Iranian Parliament joked during today's confirmation of Cabinet members, “If you say the confidence vote was rigged, we’ll take you to Kahrizak [Prison, where a number of detainees have died]!” (For those who don't get the humour, Kahrizak is the now infamous prison where post-election detainees were abused and, in some cases, killed.)
So, in Farsi of course, here it is:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9JhcK5pQI[/youtube]
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You asked for it; you got it. Many readers have enquired about the video, mentioned in our updates, where a member of the Iranian Parliament joked during today's confirmation of Cabinet members, “If you say the confidence vote was rigged, we’ll take you to Kahrizak [Prison, where a number of detainees have died]!” (For those who don't get the humour, Kahrizak is the now infamous prison where post-election detainees were abused and, in some cases, killed.)
So, in Farsi of course, here it is:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9JhcK5pQI[/youtube]
tagged 2009, Iran, Iran Elections, Kahrizak Prison in Middle East & Iran
2009, Iran, Iran Elections, Kahrizak Prison in Middle East & Iran
Reader Comments (2)
Shame on that MP. While familys are mourning their dead daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, that man is making jokes about the place where people were facing horror!
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