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February 16, 2011
Obama Lying On Egypt Iran

Well, first of all, on Iran, we were clear then and we are clear now that what has been true in Egypt should be true in Iran, which is that people should be able to express their opinions and their grievances and seek a more responsive government. What's been different is the Iranian government’s response, which is to shoot people and beat people and arrest people.

I find it ironic that you’ve got the Iranian regime pretending to celebrate what happened in Egypt when, in fact, they have acted in direct contrast to what happened in Egypt by gunning down and beating people who were trying to express themselves peacefully in Iran.
Press Conference by the President, Feb 15 2011

The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday she had unconfirmed reports that up to 300 people may have been killed and over 3,000 injured in the unrest that has engulfed Egypt for the past week. The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, was appalled by reported death toll and injury count, saying, "I urge the Egyptian authorities to ensure police and other security forces scrupulously avoid excessive use of force."

Pillay urged investigations into the role of security forces during the violence and their sudden disappearance from the streets of Cairo, leaving what she described as a "security vacuum."
UN human rights chief: 300 reported dead in Egypt protests, Feb 1 2011

One person was reported to have been killed during yesterday's small protests in Iran. Nothing was reported about who died and under what circumstances that happened. I wonder if the person killed is the civilian who was heavily beaten up by the protesters simply because he disagreed with them.

Comments

that’s a compelling video in your last link b. i intercepted it when you posted it in the other thread. i wonder what set them into such a frenzy.

Posted by: annie | Feb 16 2011 16:34 utc | 1

Looks to me that things started up in that video after he tore some sort of signage off a vehicle and started balling it up with his hands.

Posted by: Pyrrho | Feb 16 2011 18:33 utc | 2