Iranian leader warns reformists

Iran’s supreme Leader gave a stern warning to the pro-reform opposition yesterday accusing it of violating the law by insulting the memory of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Khomeini.
Declaring that opposition rallies were illegal, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made clear he would not tolerate any more protests by reformers seeking to revive their challenge to President [...]

Iranian men don hijabs in protest at student’s arrest

Iranian opposition supporters have launched an online campaign to free a student activist accused of dressing as a woman to try to avoid arrest.
Hundreds of men have posted photos of themselves wearing Islamic headscarves as part of the “Be a man” campaign to show solidarity with Majid Tavakoli.

Iran intel chief warns of extent of opposition

Iran’s intelligence chief denounces clerics he says support the opposition
Iran’s top intelligence official denounced senior clerics who he said support the country’s opposition, an acknowledgment of the split in the leadership amid the postelection turmoil and a sign of growing pressure by hard-liners within the government to extend the crackdown.

In Iran, Protests Gaining a Radical Tinge

In the video, one of hundreds filmed during Iran’s nationwide demonstrations on Monday, an enraged woman’s voice can be heard as a paramilitary truck runs a motorbike off the road amid a crowd of fleeing protesters.
“This is the Islamic Republic!” she shouts, gesturing at the vehicle.

Iran steps up its crackdown on student protesters

Iran intensified its crackdown on demonstrators Tuesday as thousands of pro-government militiamen stormed the grounds of the country’s most prominent university and assaulted students who had gathered in protest.
Armed with steel clubs, electric batons, pepper spray and tear gas, members of the Basij paramilitary organization attacked several hundred students on the campus of the University [...]

Iran says will show no mercy to opposition protesters

Iran will “show no mercy” toward opposition protesters seen as threatening national security, a judiciary official said on Tuesday, a day after thousands of students staged anti-government rallies.
A nationwide rally on Monday to mark the killing of three students under the Shah turned violent when students clashed with security forces armed with batons and tear [...]

Iran police ‘clash with protesters’

Ahead of Student Day, several websites had called for demonstrations at universities.
Police have reportedly clashed with thousands of anti-government protesters in Tehran, as Iranians mark Student Day.

Students, militia clash in 2nd day of Iran protest

Iran warns of tougher action against protesters as opposition chief harassed by hard-liners
Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months.


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