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Government Forces Clash Violently with Iranian Protesters

Tens of thousands of democracy activists took to the streets of Tehran today chanting “death to the Dictator” and calling for an end to their Ayatollah-led “religious dictatorship.” Their chants were met with the brutal violence of Basij militiamen and anti-riot police who used steel batons, fired bullets, and dropped tear gas on the crowd. “This was the most violent protest we’ve had by far, and people were also really angry and fearless,” one witness in Tehran said.

According to the Telegraph, Tehran’s city center is under lock-down.

“Freedom is near, join us in the streets,” a protester defiantly wrote on the Facebook page created for today’s protests.

The WSJ reports:

Witnesses said mobs of anti-riot police and plainclothes Basij militia lined the streets and on several occasions fired directly into the crowd and beat protesters with steel batons. In one neighborhood, the Basij took over a commercial building and dropped tear gas canisters from the roof onto the protesters, witnesses said.

Basij militia dressed in black shot and killed two young men in Tehran’s Vanak and Vali Asr squares, according to witness accounts posted on opposition websites. The victims haven’t been identified. Dozens have been injured and arrested, according to witnesses.

“This was the most violent protest we’ve had by far, and people were also really angry and fearless,” said one witness from Tehran, adding that the public seemed resolved to stay on the street.

Opposition called for a mass demonstration on Sunday to commemorate the seventh day of mourning for two slain students, Sanah Jaleh, 26 years old, and Mohamad Mokhtari, 22, who were shot dead on Monday when security forces attacked a crowd.

The opposition movement is banking on momentum created by a wave of antigovernment uprisings across the Middle East, as well as public uproar at the killing of the two students and the government’s attempt to exploit their deaths by claiming falsely they supported the regime.

“Freedom is near, join us in the streets,” said one posting on the Facebook group created for Sunday’s demonstrations.

“Step outside your door, every street is Freedom Square,” said another.

In Tehran, protesters targeted government buildings such as the national broadcast company Seda va Sima—seen as a mouthpiece for the regime— chanting “God is great” and “Death to the dictator,” witnesses reported on opposition websites.

Government Forces Clash Violently with Iranian Protesters

Like the Libyan protesters, those in Iran gathered today to mourn two Iranian activists slain by government forces earlier this week.

Comments (57)

  • LadyLibertykicksASS
    Posted on February 21, 2011 at 6:28pm

    All Americans are praying for your strength and courage in facing down the EVIL amd Corrupt politicians in your great country. BLESS YOU !!!

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  • Fina Biscotti
    Posted on February 21, 2011 at 3:12am

    And – AGAIN – Usurper Obama/Soetoro says NOTHING – as the Leader of the Free World.

    But yet, when he has personal interests – The Muslim Brotherhood – to overthrow the government of Egypt – he will go all out to emasculate an ally of the USA = President Mubarak of Egypt – to step down – prior to the September elections in his country.

    Btw, what is going on with the THREE US CITIZENS held as HOSTAGES in IRAN?

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  • Eyeball
    Posted on February 21, 2011 at 12:38am

    Hey Iran. How do you like living under those Mullahs? Great huh? Try not to let them kill you. You are getting what you deserve by allowing them to come to power.

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  • betsp
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:58pm

    Good luck to all who honestly seek freedom from tyranny. Be smart as well as brave.

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  • BGR38
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 9:11pm

    I wish them luck, Feel very helpless. Hope this is the time they take back their country. God Speed!!!

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    • Non-sequitur
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 9:56pm

      They have nothing to lose and everything to win here. Let’s hope for the best and give them three cheers to make a bold step into the free world.

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  • TerryDo
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 8:51pm

    Go Iran Go!

    This time you will not be stopped.
    This time you will succeed and regain your country.
    This time you will have a government for the Iranians by the Iranians and you will get back your former glory.

    Go Iranians Go!

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  • OverFiend
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 8:36pm

    I hate to say it but somebodys got to . I do’nt think this is going to end well for the people of Iran. They tried once before and failed all it got was protest leaders and protesters roundedup some got their necks streched and protesters were killed . Now their going to try a 2nd time i hope they get the job done this time. Because if they thought the goverment cracked down on then the 1st time was bad there going to come down 20x harder this time So you better get the job done this time because you wont get a 3rd chance . Remember who their dealin with these nutjobs are’nt going to go bellyup like Egypt. . they will do whatever it takes to stay in power no matter how brutal . So good luck an just remember were all counting on you

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  • yubba
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 7:35pm

    Knowing Obama he’ll back Adinanutjob,got to have a bogey man in the middle east to justify the spending.Not in the national interest to have civil Iran.

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  • GetUpOnTheWheel
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 7:26pm

    All these folks need is some guns to turn this around…..Police might think twice about firing at them.
    And people wonder why you have to defend your 2nd Amendment Rights.

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  • hstejskal
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 7:15pm

    God bless the people of Iran. It is my hope they can finally throw off this evil Islamic regime which has ruined their country over the past 31 years, and gain their freedom. Godspeed.

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  • DanSt
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:51pm

    If only we had a President that understood the importance of nuetralizing the Iranian government…I‘m guessing instead he’ll send the Mullahs some aid money…

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  • Alinskyrevenge
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:40pm

    One of the best indicators determining intellect is the ability to admit when your wrong. Can the liberals step up and be counted among the intellectual community? For weeks now they have savaged Glenn Beck for showing how the unrest in the middle east could spread. Even laying out graphically the areas that could be effected. Are you now prepared to admit he was right and you were wrong? Or won’t the length of your intellectual legs allow you to reach that high?

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    • Gabby Johnson
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:51pm

      I wouldn’t hold your breath on that one. Doesn’t fit their agenda.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:20pm

    AHHH the WORLD in “chaos” Where did I hear that warning again? Must have been that crazy Beck? Yup, he’s right again. Imagine that.

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  • Gabby Johnson
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:11pm

    I hope one of those brave protestors can free their president’s mind.

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  • V-Forge
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:08pm

    Meh. it’s like a slap fight with an armed man. They better get serious and drag those guys off the bikes and kill them. nobody is going to fight this one for them or with them. This is not a disagreement people it’s a battle against slave masters. The masters live high on the (non pork) Hog while the little people get none of the petrodollars or benefits of having an oil rich nation. They use weapons, killing and Religion to stay on top but it’s still just another version of master and slave.

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  • chickenlittle
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:08pm

    Now there’s some brave protesters with a valid cause… not like the miserable, selfish pukes in Wisconsin.

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  • matt708
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:04pm

    people of Iran your future is in your own hands, Get rid of the dictators and zealots

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  • DUMBASPELOSI
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:04pm

    The Iranian people will need some help.

    What kind of support will Obama give to them?

    It’s getting to be obvious that Obama is a coward.
    If the foe is strong and unconcerned about the US – he’s going to
    say things that sound like they mean something – but when you
    watch his actions – he will show a lack of strength and courage.

    Thank the idiots who voted for this man. They were fooled badly.

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    • Non-sequitur
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 7:39pm

      While the bloodshed in Iran is a terrible sight to behold (some of the news sites I visited have VERY graphic videos and pictures), it will ultimately turn out better for Iran if the people throw off the yoke of dictatorship themselves. If we help them their revolution will just seem like foreign meddling, the USA throwing its weight into the middle east to destabilize another region. This way it will look like the people winning their own freedom and a blank slate from which to start again.

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on February 21, 2011 at 12:35am

      oh, obama will say things for american‘s ears but he won’t boldly speak out against the iranian regime and give the iranian people the much needed support, unless of course he has good intel that the regime was going down. the latter isn’t likely to happen, so we shouldn’t expect too much, unfortunately.

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  • SilentReader
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:50pm

    These are the brave who are standing up for their freedom from the 32-year brutal Mullah government of Iran where just this past Christmas they hung 46 people in 20 days!

    This revolution is not orchestrated by our State Department and Google and the Radical Left idiots like Code PInk and their Muslim Brotherhood co-conspirators in Egypt.

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  • randy
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:44pm

    Lock and load people. It’s coming here before you know it

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    • DUMBASPELOSI
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:05pm

      The “people” here will not turn on the government.

      They will however defend themselves from thugs and rioters who are
      destroying private property or threatening the safety of Americans.

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    • Non-sequitur
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:00pm

      “It” being people rising up for freedom and self-determination?

      Well, couldn’t hurt to do that again. Things have gotten a little rusty it seems.

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  • dcwu
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:44pm

    Maybe liberty is coming to Iran after all.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:56pm

      Let’s hope so.

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    • Venom
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:51pm

      Proud of these people, they just need to beat down these thugs.

      For information on these and protests around the world, check out this blog, has some more detailed information on The Iranian Protests.

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    • Venom
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:52pm

      http://spaz926.wordpress.com/

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 9:41pm

      This is a totally different revolt that the ones in Egypt etc, Iranians are more rational than their cousins in the other Arab nations. If the Iranians can over throw their dictator (and I doubt that they will) they would probably end up with a system more friendly to the western way of life.

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 9:44pm

      This is the revolution that America should get behind in every way possible. Obama will not do so as Iran already has what Obama and his kind need to further their agenda of world turmoil.

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  • Robert-CA
    Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:43pm

    I hope that you will win , freedom for Iran .

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:48pm

      I agree Robert. Like I said before, the whole sending of the warships through the Suez Canal was a diversionary tactic. The leaders of Iran will not play around with the protestors, but they also don’t want the rest of the world watching how they deal with the people in the streets of Tehran.

      http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Muslim Brotherhood video

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:53pm

      My prayers are with the young men captured , just imagine the torture that they will endure in captivity .

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:59pm

      Some of these freedom fighters in Iran need to spread a cable across the road to put an end to the jack booted gestapo types on those motorcycles.

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    • SavingtheRepublic.com
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:00pm

      Well now lets see how long it takes the boy king to denounce attacks on civilians and give them support. After all he was so quick to support the uprising in Egypt Im sure he will be on tv any moment now on this.

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    • Robert-CA
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:01pm

      CEMOTO78
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 4:59pm
      Some of these freedom fighters in Iran need to spread a cable across the road to put an end to the jack booted gestapo types on those motorcycles.
      _____________________________________
      That’s what I was thinking , there should be a way to get rid of the motorcycle government thugs .

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    • joseph Fawcett
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:04pm

      I hope they win too. I think we are starting to see the rising of the normal Islamic people against the extreme. The extreme are in control and it should not surprise us to see them be brutal even with their own citzens. After all they are the ones who supported the 9/11 attacks and suicide bombers and the such. I hope that these protesters do topple the goverment. It might start something good in the world. Although I still believe that the New World Order is still making progress and is advancing on the US.

      http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist

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    • american1st
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:12pm

      “”lets see how long it takes the boy king to denounce attacks on civilians and give them support.”"

      @ SavingtheRep it took almost no time for him to come out against the Wisconsin governor and support the union protest….. my bet is he says little or nothing about this one and it takes a long time for him to get around to doing it…

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:22pm

      So when are nation of islam thugs leaving for Tehran ? To support Iamanutjob that is
      How about the peptohags ? When do they leave for Tehran , to provide “ moral ” support to the mullahcrats of Iran ?
      http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2010/09/ahmadinejad-secretly-met-with-farrakhan-in-new-york-city/
      http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/25/obama-bundler-meets-with-ahmadinejad/

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    • REDPILLREADY
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:25pm

      Yes, lets pray for freedom from the mullahs and militant Islam, but whats next? Will the progressive-socialist-commie form of “democracy” set up? Wish we were presently the “shining city on a hill” providing a worthy model to other coutries in transition. Unfortunately the progressive-socialist-commies have nearly put out the light of freedom here. We have much to do to restore our our nation and the pay off will go beyond our shores.

      “We are indeed, and we are today, the last best hope of man on earth.” Ronald Reagan, 1974

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:30pm

      Freedom for Iran.

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    • npbreakthrough
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:30pm

      its sad that these people have finally have the potential to overthrow all these Islamic regimes,
      but no philosophical foundation for which to rely on when re-forming a new government,

      i think it will be a long time before a Muslim society is able to produce a George Washington or Thomas Jefferson

      i wish our previous administrations had spent more resources on seeding some kind of education in liberty in the region, and less taxpayer dollars on propping up dictatorships,
      it really leaves us in a bad position to lead by example

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    • DashRipRock
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:39pm

      NP

      lets see our choices were between the Shaw of Iran

      and a radical Islamic revolution under the Ayatollahs

      and your mad because we chose the Shaw?

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    • Think4yourself
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 5:47pm

      I think we will see more and more protests and as a result, more government inflicted violence. The Bahrain royal family ordered the shooting of protesters there. You can see video of it at http://www.unsalvageable.org

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    • npbreakthrough
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:07pm

      @dashiprock

      i’m not mad about anything friend,
      i know way to much to argue or judge,
      especially when it comes to politics

      i was simply “commenting”

      i was talking in general about our history of middle east interaction,
      i believe that those that bless Israel will be blessed and those that curse them will be cursed, so it is our duty and privilege to ally ourselves with them, other than that i’m kind of an isolationist

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    • mcfinch
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:08pm

      Hope this doesn’t start a war.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:28pm

      man I am so board with these stories.
      First we should not even be over there and second America
      is about to suffer hyperinflation and food shortages
      so why do I care about Israels enemies ?

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:36pm

      I stand with the students and those in the streets – freedom for Iran!! http://wp.me/pYLB7-E

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    • taskmaster78
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 6:55pm

      It sounds like the protesters need to bring their own steel batons. This would be a site to see these spineless sh!#ts getting a whipping on them.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 7:48pm

      freedom for America
      Undercover Maryland state troopers infiltrated three groups advocating peace and protesting the death penalty — attending meetings and sending reports on their activities to U.S. intelligence and military agencies, according to documents released Thursday.

      The documents show the activities occurred from at least March 2005 to May 2006 and that officers used false names, which the documents referred to as “covert identities” – to open e-mail accounts to receive messages from the groups.

      Also included in the 46 pages of documents, obtained by the Maryland chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, is an account of an activist’s name being entered into a federally funded database designed to share information among state, local and federal law-enforcement agencies on terrorist and drug trafficking suspects.

      ACLU attorney David Rocah said state police violated federal laws prohibiting departments that receive federal funds from maintaining databases with information about political activities and affiliations.

      The activist was identified as Max Obuszewski. His “primary crime” was entered into the database as “terrorism – anti govern(ment).” His “secondary crime” was listed as “terrorism – anti-war protestors.” The database is known as the Washington-Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, or HIDTA.

      “This is not supposed to happen in America,” said Mr. Rocah. “In a free society, which relies on the engagement of citizens in debate and protest and political activity to maintain that freedom … you should be able to attend a meeting about an issue you care about without having to worry that government spies are entering your name into a database used to track alleged terrorists and drug traffickers.”

      Mr. Rocah called the surveillance “Kafka-esque insanity.”

      State police Chief Col. Terrence B. Sheridan said the agency “does not inappropriately curtail the expression or demonstration of the civil liberties of protesters or organizations acting lawfully.”

      The surveillance of Mr. Obuszewski, of Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore, and another person came to light during his trial for trespassing and disorderly conduct in a 2004 protest outside the National Security Agency’s headquarters in Fort Meade, Md.
      http://noworldsystem.com/2008/07/19/police-infiltrate-and-spy-on-protest-groups/

      tower7femacamp  
    • Creestof
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 8:36pm

      I’d love to see some video of what happens to ackmahdinaja (or whatever) when the protesters get their hands on him.

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    • nptden
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 9:14pm

      Where is Obama and Hillary?…..Guess they only worry about ‘democracy’ movements that will oppose us….Wake up America…we have traitors at the top spots of our govt…

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    • broker0101
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 10:23pm

      You Beck-Bots are priceless (really…. I mean you are without worth). Glenn Beck continuously predicts worldwide chaos as Radical Islam and Progressives align to establish a global Caliphate and you people use Iran as an example of his predictions coming true! Unbelievable stupidity!!!! Iran HAS BEEN an Extremist Islamist Regime for over 30 years. The Iranian people are now revolting to achieve a NON-ISLAMIST DEMOCRACY and you people think this is part of Beck’s “The Sky Is Falling” predictions. What it really is is the coming to fruition of the BUSH DOCTRINE.

      Report Post » broker0101  
    • Robert-CA
      Posted on February 20, 2011 at 11:50pm

      Anybody with a RAID ?
      There’s a roach in here .

      Report Post » Robert-CA  
    • army72
      Posted on February 21, 2011 at 10:32am

      If only one democratic revolt in the middle east succeeds I hope it would be in Iran

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