More Protests in the Streets of Iran
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2009
⏱️ 51 minutes
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This weekend's deadly violence may have reduced the size of demonstrations on the streets of Tehran, but significant numbers did turn out today to face tear gas and police batons. We hear the latest and assess international relations in the Middle East and the West, including the US. Also, US air strikes in Afghanistan will be restricted.
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| 0:00.0 | From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.7 | More protests in the streets of Iran. |
| 0:13.8 | Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, |
| 0:17.8 | a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:20.5 | Official violence turned deadly over the weekend, and there were warnings of more to come, |
| 0:24.5 | but demonstrators faced police and the militia again today. |
| 0:28.1 | Their numbers were much reduced, but there's no doubt that dissension runs deep and wide, |
| 0:32.7 | including a split among clerics in Iran's ruling elite. |
| 0:36.3 | We'll update today's developments, assess the strength of the regime, and find out how |
| 0:40.2 | other countries are responding. |
| 0:42.1 | Should President Obama give the protesters solid U.S. support? |
| 0:45.6 | Or would that threaten their legitimacy and even endanger their lives? |
| 0:49.5 | On reporter's notebook later on, U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan will be restricted. First, here's the news. |
| 0:59.7 | Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur |
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| 1:22.0 | Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. This weekend's deadly violence may have reduced |
| 1:26.0 | the size of demonstrations on the streets of Tehran, |
| 1:28.6 | but significant numbers did turn out today to face tear gas and police batons. |
| 1:33.4 | We'll hear the latest and assess international reactions in the Middle East and the West, including the United States. |
| 1:39.1 | On reporter's notebook, airstrikes have killed so many civilians in Afghanistan, they're now banned, |
| 1:44.0 | except when U.S. forces are about to be overrun. First, as news update, it appears that at least 20 demonstrators were killed on Saturday on the streets of Iran in clashes with police and militias in civilian clothes. After a quieter Sunday, protesters were back on the streets of Tehran today. Robin Wright is a scholar at the Woodrow |
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