"Death To Saudi Arabia": Thousands Of Iranians Pour Into The Streets In Anti-Saudi Protests
It’s now been nearly a week since Saudi Arabia set the Muslim world on fire (both figuratively and literally) by executing prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
The Sheikh was a leading figure in the 2011 anti-government protests staged in the kingdom’s Eastern Province and when the House of Saud moved to silence a dissident voice once in for all last Saturday, demonstrators poured into the streets from Bahrain to Pakistan to decry the execution.
For the Saudis, Nimr is a “terrorist,” but for the Shiite community he has now become a symbol of the oppression embodied by the Sunni Gulf monarchies. For those interested in a bit of background, here are some excerpts from The Atlantic:
The State Department cable added Nimr was gaining popularity among young people. His stature grew in spring 2009, after Shia pilgrims clashed with security forces in Medina over access to holy sites; Nimr denounced the security forces, but then was forced to go into hiding to avoid arrest. By January 2010, the State Department reported in another cable that Nimr had returned home and was living under something like house arrest. The diplomat, who wrote that cable, judged that Nimr had overestimated his sway, gone too big, and as a result had lost his influence. A neighbor said that the government “chose not to pursue him further out of concern they would elevate his status.”
The government changed its ignore-them-and-they’ll-go-away stance on Shia rabble-rousers once the Arab Spring began. In Bahrain, Shia protests threatened the stability of the regime, and the Sunni regimes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates sent troops to help quell uprisings. But protests also spread from Bahrain into the kingdom. Nimr preached forcefully against the regime, and was rare in speaking up both in favor of the domestic protests and those in Bahrain.
In another 2011 speech, Nimr said, “From the day I was born and to this day, I’ve never felt safe or secure in this country. We are not loyal to other countries or authorities, nor are we loyal to this country. What is this country? The regime that oppresses me? The regime that steals my money, sheds my blood, and violates my honor?”
That was all too much for the regime, and in 2012 it moved to arrest him. But during his apprehension, police claimed they came under fire. Nimr was shot in the leg. He was charged with sedition and various terrorism-related crimes.
In the six days since his death, Saudi Arabia and its allies have been busy cutting all ties (both diplomatic and commercial) with Iran. “Enough is enough”, was the message from Riyadh after protesters firebombed the Saudi embassy in Tehran last Saturday.
Now, with tensions running higher than ever, the feud threatens to derail a fragile peace “process” in Syria on the way to plunging the region into an all-out sectarian shooting war.
Each side accuses the other of being a state sponsor of terror and each side blames the other for fomenting sectarian discord. Needless to say, it’s difficult to look past the fact that Saudi Arabia’s promotion of Wahhabism is almost unquestionably to blame for the rise of extremist elements throughout the Islamic World. At the very least, Riyadh’s contention that Iran promotes sectarian strife is an egregious case of the pot calling the kettle black.
In any event, Iranians are in no mood to forgive and forget. "Iranians held mass protests on Friday across the Islamic Republic, angered by Saudi Arabia's execution of a Shiite cleric that has enflamed regional tensions between the Mideast rivals," AP reports, adding that "after Friday prayers in Tehran, thousands of worshippers joined the rally, carrying pictures of al-Nimr and chanting "Death to Al Saud," referencing the kingdom's royal family." They also chanted "down with the US" and "death to Israel."
Below, find the visuals which underscore the fact that the sense of outrage is palpable - to say the least.








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Don't these goat fuckers have anything better to do on a Friday night? Gotta love the old gal with the Hijab Stocking Cap.
lmao Ben Bernanke is middle center in picture 4. ...Oh wait...it looks like an army of Ben Bernankes lmao
Arabs are goat fuckers. These are Persians, albeit Muslim ones. Nobody is perfect eh?
I'm on Iran's side...blow those fucking Saudi's away for good.
Hey, at least it's a good fucking start.
Nuke the entire site from orbit...it's only way to be sure. ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q
I am on the Persian's side. Nuance. The government and mullahs and the minority of muslim true believers can go get nuked.
I'm like the Rothschilds. I'll take both sides. The more dead brown people the better. Any thoughts on how I can profit from this?
Long Cemetery Plots and Crematoriums???
The dead do need disposal.
These scummy weasel Saudis wouldn't dare spark this riot without there Yankee masters approval.
More ME chaos that isn't pointed at America is just what it wants.
America ruins the world to rule it. Like Satan.
You know, to be accused of being a whore , in classical terms, one must first be wedded to the one your whoring around on. To be a whore is to be unfaithful to your spouse.
So, to be called the "whore of Babylon" by God, notes that you've turned your back on Him, been unfaithful to the one you first committed to.
So what nation best fits the description of being a whore to God, but the Nation who cries the loudest, one nation under God, and then lives as though there is no GOD?
Its weird I cannot upvote your post.
It happens frequently,
Mention God too much and you get censored on Zero Hedge, the bastion and champion of free speech.
Use the southern Evangelical version then.
As in 'Gawd bless 'murica'
A post that begins with a blockquote cannot be voted on; nothing to do with your imaginary god or equally imaginary free speech.
I can't believe people in here are so stupid as to take sides and pick a favorite, like you are talking about sport, and pretend one side is superior, or better, than the others when only the methods of steeling and murdering, and the rules of steeling and murdering, differ at all. Any 'side' you pick will not reciprocate your gushy sentiments, and won't be any better disposed toward you, or you values or high-hopes (in more than one sense) for a better world. Any 'side' you pick in the ME is a piece of shit side, if they could line up a clean shot at you, they would off the lot of you, in less time than it takes to blink.
There's a huge difference between the camel-riding Saudi arabs and the educated Persians.
Don't bet on it. They are not on your side, no matter what you think. They are all the same, it's just some have different rules, a better PR image, smoother propaganda, and a more reasonably presentable admin. And in those areas the Iranians are more skilled, they weren't always, but they are now.
But states are all like that and 'religious' states doubly so. Reality is going to be a shock when people find out that education does not necessarily make people nicer, it makes them more dangerous and effective. They don't have the political correctness rubbish we had for the past 40 years. You better realize the Iranians are head-choppers too, they share the same book and they have just as many hardliner fundies, if not more.
"head-choppers"
Whether it's by axe/sword, guillotine, rope, firing squad, electric chair, or injection, the ritual killing of its citizens is just another common facet of all (save for about 3) nations.
Pop quiz: which nation incarcerates a higher proportion of its citizens: Iran, KSA, USA?
So, if you chop their head off, you also incarcerate them? </will smith voice>
Might have something to do with your imaginary stats.
yeah, buy american arms stocks for saudis and russian arms stocks who will support the iranians.also buy popcorn stocks.
to me semites are both hebrews and arabs. I don't prefer either.
Do you think the function of a comment section like this is to allow you to display the most primitive emotions you can conjure?
Surely you don't think you contributed to anyone's thinking via these 'insights'?
More killings is the last thing the world needs.
We're conquered debt slaves since 1913. We've been trained how to think, talk and feel. Like a mushroom, kept in the dark and fed shit.
The ZH bites are tasty though.
Depends on the context, really:
Killing criminals? Good.
Killing criminal politicians? Good.
Killing Priest Beheading Liver Eaters in Syria? Good.
Killing Saudi-inspired terrorists? Good.
Killing in self-defense in general? Good.
Some culling is good.
Exactly. What the comment section of this site doesn't need are the fluttering gasps of pillow-biting fags.
Iran is something like 75 % Shiia other 20 % Sunni and other are Christians, Jews and so on ?
So you want to nuke Iran ? What about going to Fuck yourself ?
Iran means "Land of the Aryans" although it's more of a linguistic relation than cultural.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran#Etymology
The relation is an identity relation. That is where the Aryans came from, what the word Aryan refers to, and what it actually means. Did you think the NSDAP invented the swastika symbol too?
The other "Aryans" while developing an Anglo-German racial ideology (quite wrongly) claimed descent from the same cattle-herding Aryans who conquered and colonized India millennia before. But just so no one is left confused, there are very few people of signficantly Aryan descent left in Iran, India, or anywhere.
Do you seriously think that moron knows the difference??
They're Persians outside Iran, but inside Iran, they'de be happy to see you AND me dead.
these muslims (who like to think of themselves as persian) were once arabs who took over iran
http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/arab-ii
I'd rather read, "Thousands of Iranian Troops Pouring Into Saudi Arabia". It will be in my dreams.
The Shites are out numbered by Sunnis 9 to 1. Your dreams are spun in ignorance, You wish for a blood bath, A blood bath that will draw in the young men we call sons. You obviously have non!
Better to let them sort out their differences than us. It's all relative. I cringe at the thought of one life lost at the hands of the pricks at the top, but it is a cycle that plays over and over and over.
Not a lot of military aged men in those crowds. I wonder where they all are. Hmmmm.
Raping women in Germany.
The exodus of young persian men and women has its origin in the late 70's. Their best and brightest continue to seek fortune abroad, generally through higher education. There are a lot of Persian Dr.'s of both sexes spread across the western world. Ditto engineers and scientists. And DJs. My god can they spin.
That's true.
I had a surgeon that was Persian and he did an excellent job. Very personable guy.
My sons wrestled in High school and College. I was always impressed at the number of Iranian immigrant families into the sport. They were always very disciplined friendly People, their whole family would be at every match and there children were some of the most polite and studious among us.
American stereotypes are born of ignorance!
These are Persians, not Africans and Arabs.
There are many Persians in our areas, the hospitals and clinics are full of them. Also a fair number in engineering, I have worked with several.
But I have also known a couple of Lebanese and Syrians. People are people. Arabic culture has some shitty aspects, but all of us overcome our cultures to some extent.
A Jewish friend of my wife's had an Arabic bf for a couple of years recently. Her parents didn't approve, but nice guy, I liked him talking at a couple of parties.
And they will tell you they are Persian, not Iranian.
They are the age I would expect if they were college students in 1979...
Also gotta wonder who printed up all those nice colorful signs. It would seem someone has an agenda...
You know what happens when the U.S., get's wind someone, want's to drop the "petro dollar".
tell'em Iraq and Libya
Can't wait to see how the foreign policy idiots in the Obumbler Administration make this situation twice as bad as it appears. They can't pour piss out of a boot with the directions printed on the heel.
When Saudi falls the governments of Israel and the US will fall. The US will fall due to the petrodollar warfare backed currency and Israel will stop getting US toys. I'm going to get my popcorn ready.
Israel will be just fine. She pays her own way in the world, and thanks to Leviathan, has enough gas to meet her energy needs for a hundred years. Russia can sell her "toys" at a much better price to boot.
The US military aid is a red herring. It doesn't cover the interest on the debt Israel racked up defending herself against the Arabs these 68 years---debut she would not have had she been compensated for the Jewish property stolen or destroyed in the war.
Reparations my ass. That's zero-percent financing.
"she"?
are you being sarcastic?
"she" IS ON permanent WELFARE
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Yeah dude, I couldn't believe this guy was being serious,
The "she" pnly proves the troll has a literary flair, or perhaps took 3 English classes in Junior College.