In street battles between protesters and police in Tehran, a man died. Popular anger was directed against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the crowd chanted "Death to the dictator".Clashes between security forces and thousands of protesters in Iran's capital Tehran was killed on Monday, a passer-by.
The Fars news agency reported. Several people were injured. Witnesses said at least three protesters were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds, were dozens more have been beaten. Thousands of Iranians took to the streets to show their support for the protest movements in Egypt and Tunisia.
According to an opposition website dozens of demonstrators were arrested. An eyewitness reported that the police had used tear gas and paint balls to disperse the demonstrators, who were on their way to the Azadi Square in Tehran. Even in the city of Isfahan after it came to the news agency to violent clashes between police and demonstrators.
According to eyewitnesses, many demonstrators gathered in Tehran in small groups near Azadi Square in the west of the center. Alluding to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, they chanted "Death to the dictator". Some set fire to rubbish bins accordingly. The government agency Fars reported that "elements of rebellion" and "terrorist mercenary group the People's Mujahedeen had opened fire on civilians.
Numerous police officers in protective gear were stationed at the main squares of Tehran. State militias were patrolling on motorcycles on the roads. Moreover, in some neighborhoods the air was turned off to prevent the communication of possible demonstrators. As the opposition website Rahesabz.
net reported, the demonstrators shouted "Ya Hossein, Hossein Mir" in support of the presidential elections in June 2009, the defeated reformist candidates. According to Mousavi website Kalem. com were in Tehran, according to unconfirmed reports, hundreds of demonstrators arrested. The opposition leader Mehdi Mousavi and Karroubi had applied for a rally in solidarity with the protest movements in Egypt and Tunisia.
Although the government, the protests against the authorities in Cairo and Tunis officially supported, they banned the rally. The opposition called for websites still up at rallies. In order to prevent their participation, the police Mousavi and Karubi presented according to the Opposition under house arrest.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Iran's government on Monday at the opening. You wish "of the opposition and the brave people on the streets everywhere in Iran the same opportunities" as the Egyptians had to be fought. "We think that there must be a commitment to open up the political system in Iran in order to hear the voices of the opposition and civil society." Iran had until last Friday the 32nd Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution celebrated by the Shah was expelled from the Peacock Throne.
In this case the Iranian leadership had tried to establish a link between the revolution over three decades and the democracy movement in Egypt and Tunisia. They accused the opposition, part of a Western plot to be, which would promote the transfer of power in the country. State television described the demonstrators as "hypocrites, monarchists, thugs".
"Yearning for democracy," Ardeshir Amir-ass Omand, a spokesman for the failed presidential candidate and opposition leader Mousavi and Karrubi, the Iranian government accused then of hypocrisy. On the one hand celebrate the leadership of the protests in Egypt and Tunisia, on the other hand, it refuses to allow peaceful demonstrations in their own country.
"Amir's ass Omand contradicted by the regime held position, the rebellions in North Africa had been inspired by the Iranian revolution in 1979. Instead, they were the demonstrations of the Green opposition movement to prevent suspected counterfeit re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the summer of 2009 was that young Arabs now to revolt had animated.
These could now turn serve to rekindle the dormant Iranian protests again. "Now we can learn from their movements. They show the desire for democracy in our region," said Amir-ass Omand. Following the disputed re-election of Ahmadinejad, Iran had been rocked by weeks of mass protests. The security forces were massively against the demonstrators.
Dozens of people were killed and thousands arrested. Many activists and sympathizers of the opposition were to some long sentences, some sentenced to death.
The Fars news agency reported. Several people were injured. Witnesses said at least three protesters were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds, were dozens more have been beaten. Thousands of Iranians took to the streets to show their support for the protest movements in Egypt and Tunisia.
According to an opposition website dozens of demonstrators were arrested. An eyewitness reported that the police had used tear gas and paint balls to disperse the demonstrators, who were on their way to the Azadi Square in Tehran. Even in the city of Isfahan after it came to the news agency to violent clashes between police and demonstrators.
According to eyewitnesses, many demonstrators gathered in Tehran in small groups near Azadi Square in the west of the center. Alluding to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, they chanted "Death to the dictator". Some set fire to rubbish bins accordingly. The government agency Fars reported that "elements of rebellion" and "terrorist mercenary group the People's Mujahedeen had opened fire on civilians.
Numerous police officers in protective gear were stationed at the main squares of Tehran. State militias were patrolling on motorcycles on the roads. Moreover, in some neighborhoods the air was turned off to prevent the communication of possible demonstrators. As the opposition website Rahesabz.
net reported, the demonstrators shouted "Ya Hossein, Hossein Mir" in support of the presidential elections in June 2009, the defeated reformist candidates. According to Mousavi website Kalem. com were in Tehran, according to unconfirmed reports, hundreds of demonstrators arrested. The opposition leader Mehdi Mousavi and Karroubi had applied for a rally in solidarity with the protest movements in Egypt and Tunisia.
Although the government, the protests against the authorities in Cairo and Tunis officially supported, they banned the rally. The opposition called for websites still up at rallies. In order to prevent their participation, the police Mousavi and Karubi presented according to the Opposition under house arrest.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Iran's government on Monday at the opening. You wish "of the opposition and the brave people on the streets everywhere in Iran the same opportunities" as the Egyptians had to be fought. "We think that there must be a commitment to open up the political system in Iran in order to hear the voices of the opposition and civil society." Iran had until last Friday the 32nd Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution celebrated by the Shah was expelled from the Peacock Throne.
In this case the Iranian leadership had tried to establish a link between the revolution over three decades and the democracy movement in Egypt and Tunisia. They accused the opposition, part of a Western plot to be, which would promote the transfer of power in the country. State television described the demonstrators as "hypocrites, monarchists, thugs".
"Yearning for democracy," Ardeshir Amir-ass Omand, a spokesman for the failed presidential candidate and opposition leader Mousavi and Karrubi, the Iranian government accused then of hypocrisy. On the one hand celebrate the leadership of the protests in Egypt and Tunisia, on the other hand, it refuses to allow peaceful demonstrations in their own country.
"Amir's ass Omand contradicted by the regime held position, the rebellions in North Africa had been inspired by the Iranian revolution in 1979. Instead, they were the demonstrations of the Green opposition movement to prevent suspected counterfeit re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the summer of 2009 was that young Arabs now to revolt had animated.
These could now turn serve to rekindle the dormant Iranian protests again. "Now we can learn from their movements. They show the desire for democracy in our region," said Amir-ass Omand. Following the disputed re-election of Ahmadinejad, Iran had been rocked by weeks of mass protests. The security forces were massively against the demonstrators.
Dozens of people were killed and thousands arrested. Many activists and sympathizers of the opposition were to some long sentences, some sentenced to death.
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