Maybe this time...

Posted by Shirin Moosavi (Tehran, Iran) on 21 June 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

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This is a turning point in Iran history. We want our votes back. We want our flag back.

All the powers in the world cannot stop people from making amateur documentary videos.

Today they shot people. Today they shot their own people. My mind is filled with images of the bloody face of a girl and the bloody shirt of a boy. They were both shot in the chest.

In a hundredth of a second, a bullet is shot. In a hundredth of a second, a woman/man is killed. In hundredth of a second, a hero is born; and a villain.
And this second stretches into infinity.

My head is filled with the voice of people shouting "الله اکبر" "God is Great". It's as if I'm still hearing people chanting slogans from their rooftops.

What we want is simple. They could easily find a way out of this turmoil. But maybe now it's for the best.

Whether Moosavi wants it or not, he's the new face for change. Apparently he's strongly standing by our side (skepticism is an inseparable part of each and every Iranian). I hope he wouldn't disappoint us. I hope he is worth the lives of those who've been killed and probably will be killed in the next days. People of Iran has long been disappointed by all their leaders. What is a leader anyway?
That's the price we're paying for change. Mir Hossein Moosavi is the means for change.

STOP THE BLOODSHED NOW
STOP THE BLOODSHED NOW
STOP THE BLOODSHED NOW
STOP THE BLOODSHED NOW
STOP THE BLOODSHED NOW
STOP THE BLOODSHED NOW
STOP THE BLOODSHED NOW

بهار خونین جاویدان

P.S. Sorry guys, but I have to paste a tiny version of this bloodshed into my picture. She's dead now. Her name was Neda. (Some info might be inaccurate as there's no official report on this; but that doesn't change the brutal murder..) Literally means "Voice". That's our voice. God do you hear that? She's dead. A man was shouting "Neda Stay, Neda Stay, Neda Stay". Her eyes will always be wide open. She's looking at us right in the eye. God can you see that, can you hear that? I doubt...

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