{"id":18990,"date":"2011-02-15T11:07:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T18:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=18990"},"modified":"2011-02-15T11:07:19","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T18:07:19","slug":"cs-monitor-us-backs-iran-protests-iranian-lawmakers-want-opposition-leaders-executed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2011\/02\/15\/cs-monitor-us-backs-iran-protests-iranian-lawmakers-want-opposition-leaders-executed\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Monitor: US backs Iran protests; Iranian lawmakers want opposition leaders executed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington came out strongly in support of antigovernment protests in Iran after a day of massive protests in Tehran Monday, part of the wave of antigovernment revolt sweeping across the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands took to the streets in Tehran\u2019s Asadi Square on Feb. 14, showing their solidarity with the Egyptian revolution, according to a BBC report. Police used tear gas and batons to dispel the protesters. One person was reportedly shot dead when the fighting broke out between antigovernment demonstrators and security forces, and dozens have been arrested. Demonstrations were also held in other Iranian cities, such as Isfahan, Mashhad, and Shiraz.<\/p>\n<p>In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters that the United States stood behind the protesters in Iran. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/terrorism-security\/2011\/0215\/US-backs-Iran-protests-Iranian-lawmakers-want-opposition-leaders-executed\">Read full Article here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington came out strongly in support of antigovernment protests in Iran after a day of massive protests in Tehran Monday, part of the wave of antigovernment revolt sweeping across the Middle East. Thousands took to the streets in Tehran\u2019s Asadi Square on Feb. 14, showing their solidarity with the Egyptian revolution, according to a BBC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-important-news-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}