Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Iran, fighting police-student victims of the protests at funeral

TEHRAN - Clashes between supporters of the regime and opposition forces in Tehran, during the funeral of one of the victims of anti-government protests on Monday. Said on state television. The dynamics of the accident is still rather confused but mostly because the different factions claiming membership of one of the victims, the university student Zhaleh Sane.

According to the site pro-dissident on-line www. rahesabz. net student of the Academy of Fine Arts was an activist of the Green Movement Mousavi, which also refuses to recognize as legitimate the confirmation in office of Ahmadinejad. The official news agency IRNA, however, proposed that the young man was a "defender of the regime," which was entered as a volunteer in the Islamic militia 'Basij,' and that was hit by small arms fire during the demonstration, which had not certainly joined.

In this statement the same site of the opposition replied that "the family of Zhaleh was put under pressure to say that he was pro-government and classified in the" Basij '. " For its part, the state TV broadcaster 'Irib' reported that "students and other persons attending the funeral of the martyr Sane Zhale University are up against some individuals apparently belonging to a seditious movement" of Monafeghin: This is a small pro-Marxist organization, banned in Iran because it is considered a terrorist group.

The supporters of the government during the funeral ceremony had begun a counter-demonstration chanting slogans of 'Death to the hypocrites! Death to America! " Death to the Zionists! Death to Monafeghin! Death in Moussavi and Karroubi '", then they would forcibly disperse the opponents, said the Iranian public television.

Meanwhile, from an opposition leader, Mehdi Karrubi, arrived this morning a fresh appeal to the government." As long as you are in time, open your ears and listen to the voice of the people, "stressed the former President of the Parliament, adding that" the violent means to oppose the demands of the people, can not help you.

"The call then ends with request the authorities to "release political prisoners and remove your hands from the throat of the independent press."

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