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SUU Professor Speculates Iran Videos Will Make a Difference in Revolution
By
Chance Walser
Story Created:
Jun 25, 2009 at 10:16 PM MDT
Story Updated:
Jun 25, 2009 at 10:16 PM MDT
SUU professor, Dr. Michael Stathis says more people in Iran watch satelite television and have access to the internet than you might think.
The Iranian government has tried to control media access in the past, but compared to the revolution in 1979, Stathis says the current regime has a lot less technological control.
For instance, on Saturday, 27 year old Neda Soltan was shot in the street.
25 years ago, images and information would have taken weeks to spread throughout the country, but not in 2009.
"She almost within an hour became the picture of the revolution and this (Iran) is a country where martyrdom counts for an aweful lot," said Stathis.
Stathis says media is being used by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as well to try and pull sound bites that can be used to make the U.S. a scapegoat for the Iranian volatility, but the government seems to be a few steps behind the people in the streets.
And even though it seems Ahmadinejad's regime has been effective in stamping out the wildfire that has been Tehranian protests, it seems there is still a smoldering revolution and with a little patients, supressed voices that are screaming so loudly out of T.V. screens across the world may just win out.
