Friday, October 7, 2011

Iranian Students Voice Support for Occupy Wall Street http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007130236

Iranian university students staged a protest rally in front of the Swiss Embassy - which hosts the US interest section in Iran - to voice support for Wall Street protests in New York and similar protest campings across the US. The students voiced support for the American protestors and condemned the New York police for clamping down on peaceful demonstrations. Demonstrators described the "Occupy Wall Street" protests as a representation of the American Awakening against the Israeli power lobby in the US, and the performance of US statesmen.

The students chanted slogans like "Down with America", "Down with Israel", "Liberal Democracy is finished" and "Confronting Islam is the Last Nail in the US Coffin." They also stressed that the US does not deserve to call itself a 'beacon of freedom' and 'cradle of democracy' particularly in the aftermath of the brutal and bloody police crackdown on the peaceful protests of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.

Protests against Wall Street entered their fourth week today as demonstrators across the US showed their anger over the wobbly economy and what they see as corporate greed by marching on Federal Reserve banks and camping out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine. Demonstrations are expected to continue throughout the week as more groups hold organizational meetings and air their concerns on websites and through streaming video. Similar protests have also started in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street Movement across the US, including Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, Kansas City, Mo., and Los Angeles.

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