that s because there are no broadcast quality professionally shot images from the streets of iran today. in all the other countries we showed you footage from, there have been efforts to curtail the flow of information and shut down the press. only in iran have those efforts so effectively worked today. so just as during the protests in iran nearly two years ago, iranians themselves are taking matters into their own hands as best they can. that s why the video looks like this. it is cell phone video, flip cam video. anything people can shoot themselves on the streets of iran and upload. that is as much as we know about what the protests in iran look like. governments worry about their own people rising up against them in the street, they are terribly worried about the rest of the world finding out protests like that are happening. today, bbc correspondent reported that he and his camera men were beaten and injured by police covering protests in yemen. he was able to call into the bbc
harassment and murder, we generally lump those under the category of terrorism. what are we doing as a country to get them to not get their way? or are the doctors who are willing to provide this service still just on their own, with their face on wanted posters and we re waiting to see what happens next. joining us now, dr. mila means, the wichita doctor whose plans to provide abortion made her targets of protests, a lawsuit. dr. means, i know this wasn t easy for you to decide to join us. thank you for doing so. thank you. first of all, i guess i should feel like i guess i feel like i should ask you how you are holding up, and what went into your decision to talk publicly about this? i think i m holding up well. my decision is i had too many patients since dr. tiller s murder who were unable to get their legally rightful services
happy valentine s day. thank you. from the reporting we can get out of iran, seems like the protesters were brave and creative trying to do what they wanted to do. seems like the government and police were fairly violent. why is it so important for iran to shut down news coverage of these protests? why does it matter so much to governments that they stop the media coverage? well, they have to stop the messenger, so internally they can control the word getting out, and externterexternally, wl media it is more difficult these days. that s the reason they do it, it is to keep the secret. but now the second decade of the 21st century, it is getting harder to keep the secret. in terms of what s happening across the middle east, the implicit argument that long justified u.s. support for somebody like hosni mubarak is that stability is more important than rights, that free people in the middle east are more of a threat to american interests
killing american doctors to get its way, this is at least the seventh doctor or clinic worker they killed. what did we think the affect would be of that murder? what did we think the effect would be of george tiller s murder? are we doing anything to stop this movement of using physical intimidation and threats and harassment and murder, we generally lump those under the category of terrorism. what are we doing as a country to get them to not get their way? or are the doctors who are willing to provide this service still just on their own, with their face on wanted posters and we re waiting to see what happens next. joining us now, dr. mila means, the wichita doctor whose plans to provide abortion made her targets of protests, a lawsuit. dr. means, i know this wasn t easy for you to decide to join us. thank you for doing so. thank you. first of all, i guess i should feel like i guess i feel like i should ask you how you are holding up, and what went into your decision to talk
them in the street, they are terribly worried about the rest of the world finding out protests like that are happening. today, bbc correspondent reported that he and his camera men were beaten and injured by police covering protests in yemen. he was able to call into the bbc as he was running away. listen to what he told them. quote, i am bleeding from my head. the policemen accompanying a prominent official were running after me after they asked more than 50 protesters from the ruling party to hit us. they took my phone and my cameraman s phone. they beat any correspondent who tries to film the attack on the protesters. no rule, no law. i am bleeding now as i escape from the people. dan rather, his new documentary on palestinian security forces called a precarious peace. it is an honor to have you here. happy to be here.