Perhaps the Iranian masses have other things on their minds– like the soaring cost of living and the recent devastating earthquakes— but some of today’s al-Quds Day demonstrations seemed to lack a certain frisson.
The footage below is from the Iranian state TV today, from Khorram Abad, West Iran. Huge megaphones ask the crowds to chant Allah Akbar in support of Palestine, but no one chants back. The speakers repeat the calls for Allah Akbar and still nothing. So the state TV plays Pirates of the Caribbean theme music and moves on.
And this one is from Sari, North Iran. This time the huge megaphones chant “The Blood of the Martyrs of the Nation Boil/ The Supreme Leader of Iran Roars”, but no one roars back. Everyone is busy talking to each other or playing with their mobiles!
