It was just last month when Americans took to the National Mall for an anti-NSA “Stop Watching Us” march. It was a bipartisan affair, with former Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Republican Rep. Justin Amash both taking the stage to demand an end to the sort of mass surveillance that was exposed under the Edward Snowden scandal.
Someone in Iran must have been watching. Today, the account of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei suggested that Iran was more than 30 years ahead of the game, even including a graphic of a camera-headed figure that wouldn’t have been at all out of place at the “Stop Watching Us” rally.
We have understood, resisted, exposed, since 30 years ago. pic.twitter.com/JD3yrXt0Re
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) November 4, 2013
In fact, here are a couple of NSA camera-heads who showed up in D.C.
PHOTO: Protesters with cardboard surveillance camera hats marching at #StopWatchingUs rally http://t.co/Sa5Sl4NhZD pic.twitter.com/kR1GQUO0Ez
— RT (@RT_com) October 26, 2013
It’s embarrassing that the USA’s spying scandal is fodder for the Iranian regime — not that we have any reservations about spying on Iran. As usual, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found a way to put things into perspective, even adding a hashtag: #stopthecharmoffensive.
The Real Face of Iran: Retweet and show what @khamenei_ir really thinks about the United States pic.twitter.com/B3xmZkS7Z4
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) November 4, 2013
Retweet and show The Real Face of #Iran. #stopthecharmoffensive pic.twitter.com/9aNrl0mM4U
— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) November 4, 2013
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