Police force Iran protest off streets

[steven johnson]

Source: Guardian

The Observer News Sat 20 Jun 2009 23:21 BST
Teargas and water cannon are turned on demonstrators still prepared to face the iron fists of Tehran's violent militiamen
The momentum of Iran's "green revolution" - triggered by allegations of electoral theft earlier this month - appeared to stall today, as thousands of plain clothes and uniformed security officials swamped Tehran, using tear gas and water cannon on a hard core of about 3,000 demonstrators.
The latest clashes on Tehran's streets came as defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi released a letter he had sent to the Guardian Council - Iran's top legislative body - insisting that the results of the election be annulled and claiming that a plan to rig the 12 June poll in favour of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been planned months in advance.


Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/21/iran-protest-mousavi-khamenei

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CNN is reporting 19 killed with unconfirmed reports putting toll as high as 150. Police were using water cannon and batons on crowds of demonstrators.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/iran.election/index.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. it will be back

and a hundred times bigger

[BlooInBloo]

2. Yah... I don't think they're going anywhere anytime soon.

[SkyDaddy7]

3. This story is PURE BULLSHIT!!!

I have been watching this all day and NOTHING has STALLED!!!!!

The Iranians are pissed!

[tiny elvis]

4. Rafsanjani and Mousavi

had plenty of resources and means, including official means, to uncover vote rigging. Will we see the results of that? A couple of people should at least be indicted for fraud before they annul the election.

[Blandocyte]

5. Today we are all Iranians

Tomorrow we might be something else. Who knows?

[ooglymoogly]

6. We are all Iranians until they throw off the yoke of tyranny...nt

[Arrowhead2k1]

7. Stalled? I think it's going to get a hell of a lot stronger from here.

[elleng]

8. Violence Grips Tehran Amid Crackdown.

Source: NYT

As police officers used sticks and tear gas to disperse thousands of demonstrators, the opposition leader, Mir Hussein Moussavi, said at a rally that “I am ready for martyrdom.”


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/world/middleeast/21iran.html?th&emc=th

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. This is sad, but encouraging that this may bring about much needed change..

in Iran. Does anyone else see the irony in the people who are calling on the President to intervene (and I assume they mean militarily), sat idly by and applauded the five guys who gave us GWB in 2000?

[KakistocracyHater]

10. So? Bush did it too, precedents you know?

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