On Thursday,
February 11th marking 37th anniversary of the 1979
revolution in Iran that toppled the Shah’s regime. Prior to this day regime
officials, Friday prayer imams and especially Revolutionary Guards commanders
in Kurdistan had in the past few weeks resorted to ridiculous remarks
describing this year’s anniversary as “epic” and … inviting the people of
Kurdistan to take part in the government ceremonies.
However,
Kurdistan locals, especially those in the city of Sanandaj, boycotted all
ceremonies held in this regard. Regime officials refused to admit to their
failures and instead began ballooning the number of people who they claimed
took part in these events.
The state-run
Fars news agency, linked to the Revolutionary Guards, sought to cloak this
humiliating show for the regime and held interviews with various senior officials
in Kurdistan to depict the entire event as a victory for the regime.
However, it is
worth noting that the entire fiasco was so embarrassing for the regime that the
Fars news agency has not been able to wire even a single report from Kurdistan
in this regard.
Other
state-run news agencies such as Mehr, Tasnim and ISNA forged pictures in their
reports wired in Kurdistan Province only, depicting the event as if the people
of Kurdistan actually welcomed the ridiculous fiasco.
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