From Karmel Melamed:
Dear Friends,
Many of you have asked me
what the deal is with the Soleimani funerals so I am sharing my information as
an Iranian American journalist who is following this story closely. Please DO
NOT believe the U.S or Iranian regime media hype regarding the Soleimani
funeral in Iran!
Journalists and bloggers in
Iran that I am in contact with have indicated to me that people in Iran have
been forced to attend his public funeral by the regime thugs or face imprisonment
or even possibly being killed. Iranians are in fear for their lives that is why
they have come out to the streets to “mourn”. The regime has shut down schools,
forced businesses to shut down and shut down public offices for this charade
funeral! Children have been forced to cry for the TV cameras. It’s a big show
and a big production the Iranian regime has undertaken to show they are in
control and the people of Iran supposedly “loved Soleimani”. The regime has
bused in Shiite supporters and their family members from Afghanistan, Iraq and
Syria for this big production so the crowds will look large for the cameras.
The majority of people in
Iran are quite happy this man who murdered innocent Iranians recently during
the protests is dead. They are privately dancing and celebrating in their homes
at the news of his demise. They are sadly under major duress from the regime
and forced to come out for the funeral or face dire consequences!
This is like any other
major funeral in a brutal totalitarian dictatorship. I remember Kim Jong Il’s
funeral in North Korea several years ago! Same deal here in Iran! The Iranian
regime’s thugs are masters of propaganda that make the notorious Goebbels look
like a kindergartner!
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