Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 13 – The following is a personal account emailed to Iran Focus by a pro-democracy activist of activities earlier this week to mobilise anti-government protests. The activist’s name is being deliberately withheld:
Iran Focus
Tehran, Aug. 13 – The following is a personal account emailed to Iran Focus by a pro-democracy activist of activities earlier this week to mobilise anti-government protests. The activist’s name is being deliberately withheld:
Tuesday, 10 August: We met at Karimkhan Street to start our graffiti writing. After an initial confirmation to ensure that the area is secure, we started our work and ultimately wrote more than 20 slogans in streets near Amjadieh Stadium, Yeganeh, Giti streets in Karimkhan and later at Jalal Ale Ahmad district, and Mehrdad and Mozaffarkhah streets.
The slogans we wrote were the following:
“[Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei, be ready because the uprising will continue – we will meet on 3 September”
“People aren’t terrified of sanctions, Khamenei is”
“Down with the principle of absolute clerical rule, hail to those opposing it”
It was a very hot afternoon. A store owner had seen what we did. He came out of his store, thanked us, and gave each of us a cold soda.
