New Yorkers protested Ahmadinejad

by smkovalinsky | September 23, 2009 at 04:27 pm

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Some said that the arrest of moderates in Iran must be proof that Ahmadinejad was not elected fairly or legally. All vowed not to accept him as Iran's rightful representative. This was the scene in Manhattan on Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2009:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iranians picketed the Iranian mission to the United Nations in New York on Wednesday, vowing not to accept Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as their president hours before his speech to the United Nations.
"Ahmadinejad is not our president," chanted Iranians who gathered outside the mission near the U.N. headquarters on Manhattan's East Side.

"I am here to raise my voice for Iran," said Babak Moslehi, 35, a management student who came from Chicago. "He should not be allowed to represent Iran at the U.N. meeting."

"Murder, torture, rape. Ahmadinejad is accountable," read banners carried by protesters.

Many protesters wore green, the symbol of support for the opposition led by defeated moderate candidate Mirhossein Mousavi. They complained of human rights abuses in Iran.