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June 12, 2005
Tens including foreign reporters beaten or arrested
SMCCDI ( Information Service)
Tens of demonstrators including several foreign reporters, such as those off, BBC and AFP have been injured or arrested by plainclothes men as they were filming the demo and the clashes.
The foreign reporters have just been arrested and their reporting materials confiscated by security agents.
These attacks are taking place as more females are taking off their mandatory veils or are shouting slogans against the regime or moving toward the Laleh Park located in the Fatemi avenue.
Clashes are taking place in front of Tehran University and in the Enghelab, Laleh and Ferdowsi squares as male protesters defend their mothers, sisters, wives or friends against the regime agents.
Slogans, such as, "Na Roosari, Na Toossari" (No Veil, No Submission), "Marg bar Estebdad" (Down with Dictatorship), "Faryad e har Irani, Azadi, Azadi" (Freedom, Freedom, Slogan of each Iranian), "Toop, Tank Bassiji, Digar Assar Nadarad" (Gun, Tank, Bassij -paramilitaries- have no more effect), "Tahrim e Entekhbat vazife ye har Irani" (Boycott of Elections by any Iranian) are shouted by protesters.
A coalition of Iranian groups and individuals had announced a gathering in order to protest against the persistent violation of women rights and the official systematic Gender Apartheid Policy in Iran.
Posted by steph1 at June 12, 2005 5:19 PM
