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Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Students Heckle the President

Not here, of course. Protesters aren't let anywhere near Generalisimo El Busho. This protest was in Iran.
Iranian students have interrupted a speech by President Mohammad Khatami to mark Student Day at Tehran university.

Students chanted "Shame on you" and "Where are your promised freedoms?" to express their frustration with the failure of Iran's reform movement.

A visibly-shaken Khatami defended his record and criticised the powerful hardliners who have closed newspapers and jailed dissidents.

He asked students to stop heckling and accused his critics of intolerance.
Remember, in 2002 students at Ohio State University were told not to heckle or even turn their backs on W when he came to lie at their graduation. Last fall, people trying to hear Bush campaign speeches were removed for wearing Kerry shirts, and even for not signing a loyalty oath! Bush thinks he can bring freedom and democracy to Iran, where students are allowed to heckle the president? Let's bring them back here first, moron.