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NCRI – While the uprisings and celebrations of millions in Cairo and other Egyptian cities have invited congratulatory remarks from world leaders and officials, the Iranian regime\u2019s attempts to exploit the situation has also prompted widespread condemnation.<\/p>\n
Various US officials have pointed to the mullahs\u2019 suppression of massive 2009 anti-regime uprisings, strongly criticizing its self-serving attempts to change the direction of Egypt\u2019s revolution.<\/p>\n
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While delivering remarks at the University of Louisville in Kentucky on Friday, US Vice President Joe Biden issued a blatant warning to the Iranian regime, saying, its attempts \u201cto take advantage of the situation in Europe have only exposed the bankruptcy of their system.\u201d<\/p>\n
He challenged the regime to \u201clet your people march, let your people speak, release your people from jail, let them have a voice!\u201d<\/p>\n
Biden’s comments were met by loud applause from the crowd White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs also said on Friday during a news briefing, \u201cI will say it is remarkable to watch in the region how Iran is dealing with this.\u00a0 We saw I think about a week or so ago they made some provocative statements about what these marches meant.\u00a0 We now know what — how they\u2019re responding to the images that we see in Tahrir Square.\u00a0 They are arresting people in Iran.\u00a0 They are blocking international media outlets.\u00a0 They are turning off the Internet.\u201d
He added, \u201cI think what you\u2019ve seen in the region is the government of Iran, quite frankly, scared of the will of its people.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that a Revolutionary Guards official has vowed to crack down on any potential protests in Iran.
Another US official, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor, said, “The recent arrests and effort to block international media outlets underscores the hypocrisy of the Iranian leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n
“For all of its empty talk about Egypt, the government of Iran should allow the Iranian people the same universal right to peacefully assemble, demonstrate and communicate in Tehran that the people are exercising in Cairo,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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