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Basij(?) Headquarters was set on fire + exposion (Video)

Posted Sun, 2009-06-21 10:16 by IRelec09

Natural gas lines of Basij Head quarter was set on fire after Basijie's locked themselves inside .
at 0:05 you can see the whole building exploded

at least 5 from Basijies were killed

you can see fire in different parts of city

location : Eastern Tehran

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Witnesses report fierce clashes on Tehran streets

Posted Sat, 2009-06-20 10:19 by IRelec09

Witnesses report fierce clashes on Tehran streets: Via AP on Yahoo! News.

TEHRAN, Iran – Police beat protesters and fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands who rallied Saturday in open defiance of Iran's clerical government, sharply escalating the most serious internal conflict since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Eyewitnesses described fierce clashes near Revolution Square in central Tehran after some 3,000 protesters, many wearing black, chanted "Death to the dictator!" and "Death to dictatorship!" Police fired tear gas, water cannons and guns but it was not immediately clear if they were firing live ammunition.

English-language state TV confirmed that police had used batons and other non-lethal weapons against what it called unauthorized demonstrations.

The witnesses told The Associated Press that between 50 and 60 protesters were seriously beaten by police and pro-government militia and taken to Imam Khomeini hospital in central Tehran. People could be seen dragging away comrades bloodied by baton strikes.
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Police block protest site in Tehran, witness says (CNN)

Posted Sat, 2009-06-20 09:55 by IRelec09

Police block protest site in Tehran, witness says - CNN.com: Via CNN.com .

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Heavily armed police prevented several thousand Iranian protesters Saturday from entering Revolution Square, one of the main protest sites in Tehran, a witness told CNN

About a mile away, police kept the crowd back by throwing two canisters of tear gas at their feet, the witness said.

The Web site of the main opposition candidate, Mir Hossein Moussavi, quoted news reports as saying a flood of people was headed to the capital from surrounding towns.

Two rallies had been scheduled to begin about 4 p.m. Saturday (7:30 a.m. ET) to protest a disputed presidential election, despite stern warnings from Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He said Friday that protest organizers would be held responsible if the demonstrations led to bloodshed.

Two people were hurt in a blast at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in southern Tehran, Iran's state-run Press TV reported Saturday.
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