nebula Posted June 17, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted June 17, 2009 In some reports on the current situation in Iran, I've been hearing about the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Does anyone here recall this? I was too young to have appreciated what was going on at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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O'Dannyboy Posted June 17, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 156 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3,454 Content Per Day: 0.48 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/22/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1969 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I don't recall hearing much about this but then again it's not like I would have cared much about it at ten years old. I do however recall seeing news about the hostage crisis on television. Or was that a Chuck Norris movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damo1 Posted June 17, 2009 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 29 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,822 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 19 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/23/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/16/1967 Share Posted June 17, 2009 high nebula i also was young i was born in 67 and we came out to australia in 1971 but my parents and uncle would know of the iranian revolution what i am seeing on tv and wil be looking at threw u tube and face book and twiter is what the goverment is not showing the world students and protesters have been sending pics of what has been happening i feel we wil see a revolution again what puzzles me how can he lie on tv and to his own people and say it was a fair election that election was dishonest one lady was holding a sign saying what about my vote it looks like to me the people are wanting freedom and a new leader but i notice obama is keeping silent trying to not bring down the tehranian goverment and its people to catch up with what is going on go on line to twiter if you are with face book or y tube 7 people have been kiled and i feel we wil hear of more deaths i know when we broke free it was a revolution my people stood up to the serbs and formed ther own state yugoslavia has a new name it is no longer caled yugoslavia so i know how the protestors are feeling if you hav not lived in countrys like mine or what my fiances people felt when the americans came and set the filapinos free you cant realy under stand whats stiring in the air and whats realy going on to why people do what they do i am proud of what my people did so this has me hooked and i am reading and watching we have an iranian comunity in canberra and in melbourne iranians sung their national anthem holding signs supporting whats hapening at home damo1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted June 17, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Yes Well . . . what do you remember????!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted June 17, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hmm, found some interesting information here: http://www.conservapedia.com/History_of_Iran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted June 17, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 827 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 12,101 Content Per Day: 1.50 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted June 17, 2009 I was simply trying to survive at that time. However, I do remember they took approximately 70 Americans hostage after storming the American Embassy. They were held more than a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthitjah Posted June 17, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted June 17, 2009 I remember sitting in gas lines, double digit stagflation, and general malaise. Oh' wait! That was the Carter Revolution. Silly Ole Me! Yes, I remember watching it on T.V. with my parents, I also remember the hostages and the cries of America being the Great Satan. Some things never change, eh? The first revolution was an Islamic one, I don't feel this one is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted June 17, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted June 17, 2009 I remember the hostages as well. But I didn't know why they were taken or what was going on in Iran or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted June 17, 2009 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.09 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted June 17, 2009 I remember sitting in gas lines, double digit stagflation, and general malaise. Oh' wait! That was the Carter Revolution. Silly Ole Me! Yes, I remember watching it on T.V. with my parents, I also remember the hostages and the cries of America being the Great Satan. Some things never change, eh? The first revolution was an Islamic one, I don't feel this one is the same. I remember it pretty well because I was fifteen and it was on t.v. constantly. I don't think I understood the ramifications of the islamic revolution at that age but it DID mark the beginning of my lifelong dislike of all things islamic. And it's still warranted, IMO. I think the situation is different in Iran today; a lot of the people you see on the streets weren't even born yet in 1979. They are interested in freedom and democracy and they hate the mullahs from what I've read and heard. We should all pray for their freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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