Police 'beat' pro-Mousavi protesters

[lindisfarne]

Source: Independent (UK)

Riot police clashed with hundreds of pro-reform protesters in Tehran and arrested dozens of them yesterday, a witness said, in the latest unrest over last month's disputed election.

Demonstrators were chanting slogans against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the government, including: "Ahmadinejad – resign, resign" and "Death to dictators".

The witness said police beat protesters who had gathered in Haft-e Tir square in central Tehran, in defiance of a ban on such demonstrations put in place after the 12 June election, which the opposition says was rigged in favour of Mr Ahmadinejad. "Riot police are taking dozens of protesters into their cars and they are taking them away," the witness said. "There are hundreds of riot police and plain clothes , beating people who gathered to support Mousavi."

The clash erupted four days after similar confrontations between police and protesters for the first time in weeks on Friday after the former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani declared the Islamic Republic in crisis and said there were doubts about the election result. The authorities reject opposition charges of vote-rigging.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/police-beat-promousavi-protesters-1755889.html

[MADem]

1. Of course they did. And I'll bet the baseej pointed out the "leaders" too.

This is how the Revolution began....a cycle of protest and mourning. It ended when the Shah got on the plane.

[druidity33]

2. why is beat in quotes? nt.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. my question also.

[Warpy]

3. Meanwhile, there were widespread power outages in Tehran

during and after the 8:55 evening news. The "turn on the irons" protest was to be synchronized by the clock that was always on the newscast; the clock was removed last night. However, the protest was a success.

Permits had been given in several other cities and protests produced little violence.

More info can be had at the Green Brief: http://iran.whyweprotest.net/green-brief/17209-green-brief-34-july-20-a.html

This is not going to go away. They'll continue protesting and monkeywrenching until they have sufficient numbers to strike. When that happens, the government is finished.

Until that happens, more will be beaten, shot, imprisoned, and worse.