(Go to link below to see Youtube videos of "confessions"
http://trueslant.com/marcherman/2009/08/05/mass-confession-to-treason-in-iran/
Mass Confession to Treason in Iran
Sorta.
A few days ago, an unknown group started collecting webcam-recorded
confessions to efforts to undermine the government of Iran. They’re
collected at a website, Watch Me Confess. Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty sums up:
The concept plays off recent high-profile confessions from some of
Iran’s leading reformists, such as former Vice President Mohammad Ali
Abtahi, now facing trial along with more than 100 other defendants.
Abtahi reportedly testified that opposition leaders conspired in advance
to misrepresent the June vote and prompt people to protest.
Many believe Abtahi’s and others’ public confessions were forced.
The idea appears to have begun with an Iranian comedian, Ebrahim Nabavi,
who posted a video of himself playing Abtahi, confessing to various
crimes against the state:
An English translation of the routine is here. It starts like this:
I confess that during one of my trips to the holy city of Mecca a
dreadful CIA agent contacted me. He introduced himself as Hassan Agha,
his fictitious name. I guess his real name was Roger Waters or Michael
Laden. [Ladeen?] “Come on, let’s have a velvet revolution,” he told me,
and as you can see (pointing to his green shawl and bracelet) he
succeeded in deceiving me. Back then I was an assistant to the President
so I asked this CIA guy, “What’s in this for me?” “If you lead the
velvet revolution properly we will make you an assistant to the
minister”, he replied. “Are you nuts or what? I am the assistant to the
President right now!” I said. But Hassan Agha or the CIA agent did not
listen to me and went (slap, bang, …. . “Please stop hitting me” …
another bandage on his face, with some bruises).
Yes, I definitely accepted his offer, I mean the velvet thing.
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