Re: DEATH TO RUSSIA (Marg bar Rooseeye): "IR Minister of Slogans" shouts "Death to America...Israel... England", crowd shouts back "Death to Russia"!

[Tim Bruening]

NUR wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzO2Nd8PzLA
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> A slogan not heard in Iran by popular acclaim since 1909,
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> http://www.iranchamber.com/history/constitutional_revolution/constitutional_revolution.php
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> On June 22, 1909, Bakhtiari Chieftains, led by Samsam-ul-Saltaneh and
> Haj Aligholi Khan Bakhtiari (Sardar As�ad) reached the city of Qum,
> which they took over on July 8th,1909. The intimidations and
> interventions made by Russian and British embassies failed to stop the
> advance of freedom fighters. Inevitably, a number of Russian troops
> were dispatched to Gilan via Badkobeh, reaching Qazvin on July 12th,
> 1909. Russians warned Gilan Fighters to stop moving in against
> Tehran.
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> A nationalist council at Rasht
> Ignoring the warning, Gilan freedom fighters advanced towards Tehran,
> and met up with Bakhtiari forces near Karaj (60km west of Tehran).
> Using the element of surprise, these forces moved through the lines of
> the government forces. Thus the 3000 strong, well-equipped forces led
> by Mohammad Valikhan Tonekaboni and Sardar As�ad, entered the capital
> amid welcoming cheers of freedom loving sympathizers. Following bloody
> fights in the streets and the Bazaar District, once again the national
> forces triumphed and the Cossack brigade, having retreated to the
> parade grounds, was surrounded and forced into surrender.
>
> On July 16, 1909, the capital was under complete control of freedom
> fighters. At 8:30, on the morning of July 17, 1909, Mohammad shah and
> a number of his supporters, under armed escort of Russian soldiers,
> took asylum with Russian Embassy in Zargandeh.
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> On this very day, the National Consultative Assembly (Majlis) held an
> emergency session and deposed Mohammad Ali Shah as a monarch, and
> named his 13 year old son, Ahmad Mirza as his successor. Azadulmolk
> was named as the Vice-Regent.
>
> On September 10th, 1909, Mohammad Ali Shah left the Russian Embassy
> and went into exile in Russia.

What happened to him when the Communists took over Russia in 1917?

[nemo]

"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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> NUR wrote:

National Union of Railwaymen????