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15 British marines get arrested by Iranian forces. The Iranian’s say they were in Iranian waters, the British say they were in Iraqi waters. While this is going on, a supposedly spontaneous demonstration occurs outside the Foreign Ministry in Tehran. The crux of the demonstration appears to be that the people want the marines to be executed. The western media quite happily print pictures of the protest, which of course gives the imprssion that the Iranian people, like everybody else in non-western countries, like nothing better than a nice day out burning flags, holding placards and shouting stuff.

Strange thing is though that this was a protest by Iranian people, in the capital of Iran, outside an Iranian government ministry. The people were apparently requesting that the Iranian government take a particular course of action, so we are to believe that the protest was for their benefit – the western media have been covering it as such.

So, can someone explain to me why the signs they were holding up were in English, not Farsi?