Local Iranian tells of election outrage An Iranian man living in Tallaght has revealed how he told opposition leader Hossein Musavi that he had the support of the expatriate community in Dublin.
Last Thursday proved to be a memorable day for Medhi Arfa-Kia (33), manager of ‘Sufis’ - a popular café in Lower Stephen’s Street.
The Tallaght resident rang a friend in Tehran last week as the volatile political situation saw hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating on the streets over the recent election results.
Medhi’s friend’s father is involved in politics and after a short conversation he enquired as to how opposition leader Hossein Musavi was bearing up after his defeat in the controversial elections.
To Medhi’s surprise his friend replied that the opposition leader was actually present in the room having a meeting with his father. He then asked if Medhi would like to talk to him.
“I couldn’t believe it when my friend said Musavi was actually there with him,” said Medhi.
“I jumped at the opportunity to talk to him. It was quite a short conversation, maybe just two or three minutes, but Musavi was very interested in how people in Ireland viewed the elections in Iran and what had happened after them.”
Medhi was able to assure the opposition leader that expatriate Iranians living in Dublin had staged their own silent demonstration that very day to call for another election in Iran.