A letter from Iran
King Adz receives letter from an Iranian street artist about government oppression after the election riots.
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Today I got an email from a friend in Iran. He asked me to spread the word about what has happened after the elections but not to print his name. He's a street artist and has always been scared of working in the street under the oppressive regime, but this letter was something else:
"Yesterday after coming back from street riots, the government banned all satellite TV and all the internet sites like YouTube, and Facebook. They reduced the internet speed from 128k to 12k and so when I tried to send you a video of what was happening on the streets I found that it was impossible.
They bit and hit people and the young on the streets. They fear our power. We trusted them but they abused our votes. We could never imagine such pig minds. I just sent you this and hoped you could spread this news in many blogs. Not just from me but from all Iranian freedom seekers. They are banning us and they make us fear and be silent. Even the person we vote for told us to 'be silent because these government has no fear to tear your breasts and pour your blood into all Persia rivers...' The person we vote even asked us to be silent and forget it. He said they are not Muslim and they are liars."
Now the police is like a wolf here and Muslim people in neighbourhoods are trying to laugh and disrespect us as non-Iranians. The government made fires and robbed banks at night to say we (the people) had done this. But people did nothing dangerous or criminal, they just seek their votes. We elected someone else and they made someone else the winner. All the people say this but the government liars."
He's also done what he knows best and hit the streets with some of his following creations...
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