CNN: Men Bicycle across Country in Protest of Iran Elections

We had a short live interview with CNN in Atlanta on October 31, 2009. The following is the transcript of our interview with CNN.

LEMON: Iran’s opposition leaders vowed to continue challenging with ruling system that declared Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of this summer’s presidential election. Opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, and former president, Mahmoud Khatami, declared their intentions just days before a state-sponsored rally against the United States. This summer’s protest sparked a harsh crackdown by government security forces that killed dozens of protectors and saw thousands more arrested. And …

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[7 Nov 2009]
CNN: Men Bicycle across Country in Protest of Iran Elections

We had a short live interview with CNN in Atlanta on October 31, 2009. The following is the transcript of our interview with CNN.

LEMON: Iran’s opposition leaders vowed to continue challenging with ruling system that declared Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of this summer’s presidential election. Opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, and former president, Mahmoud Khatami, declared their intentions just days before a state-sponsored rally against the United States. This summer’s protest sparked a harsh crackdown by government security forces that killed dozens of protectors and saw thousands more arrested. And …

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[19 Oct 2009]
Heading to South Carolina and Georgia

Hassan and Amir are now heading to South Carolina and Georgia from Charlotte. They will arrive in Atlanta on Saturday, October 24.

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[17 Oct 2009]
Cyclists ride cross country to raise awareness in Iran

Arriving in Charlotte, Hassan and Amir had an interview with News14 channel. The following is Hassan’s interview with this channal:
CHARLOTTE – Amir Ahmadi and Hassan Alizadeh stopped off in Charlotte during their ride across the county to raise awareness about issues in Iran. The trek started in New York, and the two will continue to Atlanta.
They’ve ridden across the United States before, from 200 to 2004, to promote world peace.
“Peace and friendship between all nations and all countries,” Alizadeh said. “Unfortunately, at this time, the government is against all people, …

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[2 Oct 2009]
Green Pedalists in VOA

Persian VOA (Voice of America) invited the two cyclists, who had cycled round the world for 4 years and 3 months carrying the message of peace and reconciliation of Iranians to the world, on a TV show named “Two Days Ago”. But this time not for carrying this message but for accompanying the Iranian Green Movement namely “Green Wave”. Broadcasted on September 17, Hassan and Amir told about their purpose of cycling States to show their support to this movement outside Iran. As stated earlier, they regret that they could not …

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