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20 years ago today, on July 9th, 1999, tens of thousands of students rallied across Iran, rocking the very pillars of the mullahs’ regime.
#IranRegimeChange
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, then Secretary of the High National Security Council, directed & supported the severe crackdown.
(Farsi video)

He literally says authorities were prepared to "butcher" the protesters.

Some in the West still describe Rouhani as a “moderate.”
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The “moderate” Rouhani had described the protesting students as “enemies of the state.”

(Note: I don’t agree with all issues raised in this piece.)
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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The “moderate” Rouhani, in the early years after the mullahs hijacked the 1979 revolution, called for public hangings during Friday mass prayers "to be more effective" on the public.

(Farsi video)
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Under the tenure of the “moderate” Rouhani, at least 3,600 people (some reports indicate over 3,800) have been executed across Iran since 2013 alone.
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