The rallies are getting bigger and bigger - from Associated Press:
New economic protests in Tehran challenge Iran’s government
A wave of spontaneous protests over Iran’s weak economy swept into Tehran on Saturday, with college students and others chanting against the government just hours after hard-liners held their own rally in support of the Islamic Republic’s clerical establishment.
The demonstrations appear to be the largest to strike the Islamic Republic since the protests that followed the country’s disputed 2009 presidential election.
Thousands already have taken to the streets of cities across Iran, beginning at first on Thursday in Mashhad, the country’s second-largest city and a holy site for Shiite pilgrims.
And you can tell that this is a home-grown protest. Yes, the signs they carry are commercially printed but, they are in their native language and not English. This is a protest from the citizens to the government through the media.
Compare and contrast to this image from a typical palestinian protest:
Note the sign in English talking about "justice" - aimed right at the heart of the US Media.
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