Iran officials blame the death of Neda Agha-Soltan to” those groups who want to create division in the Iran nation”. The woman known to the world only as Neda may have been mistaken her for the sister of one of the Monafeghin, an Iranian terrorist. Some time ago, Monafeghin had been executed in the province of Mazandaran.
Reports said the investigation into Neda’s death is ongoing.
Monafeghin refers to the People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran which promotes a secular, Marxist government for Iran, and has waged a violent campaign against the fundamentalist Islamic regime, including bombings that killed some of Iran’s public officials like politicians, judges and Cabinet members. Read more…
Riot Police attacked hundreds of demonstrators with tear gas and fired their guns into the air to disperse a rally in central Tehran on Monday, carrying a threat by Iran’s most powerful security force, Revolutionary Guard, to crush further opposition protests over the disputed and highly publicized presidential election more than a week ago.
The Revolutionary Guard ordered demonstrators to “end the sabotage and rioting activities” and said their resistance was a “conspiracy” against Iran.
Reports said helicopters hovered overhead as approximately 200 protesters gathered. Hundreds of anti-riot police quickly put an end to the demonstration and prevented any gathering, even small groups, at the scene. Police did not allow anyone to stand still, asking people to keep on walking and separating people who were walking together.
A statement posted on the guards’ website warned protesters to “be prepared for a resolution and revolutionary confrontation with the guards, Basij and other security forces and disciplinary forces”. Read more…
The death of Neda serves as a rallying cry for freedom in Iran and around the world.
Amid the thousands of images of Saturday’s crackdown on protesters in Iran that is circulating in the Internet, it was the very graphic video showing the dying seconds of a young woman touched a nerve for many people around the world.
Neda was protesting in Tehran together with his father, against the alleged electoral fraud that took place during lran’s presidential election last week, when the pro-government militia Basiji sniper shot her straight in the heart. The gunman is said to have been hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house.
The graphic footage that has gone viral on the Internet shows the woman known as Neda collapsing onto the pavement of Karegeh Street as her eyes roll back and blood begins pouring out of her mouth and nose while her father and fellow protesters tried saving her life desperately. Read more…
Mir Hossein Mousavi joins protesters at huge rally in Tehran. Mir Hossein Mousavi joins protesters at huge rally in Tehran to mourn those killed in the post-election demonstration, the most dramatic protests since the 1979 revolution.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters dressed in black and green flooded the streets of Tehran on Thursday in a somber, candlelit show of defiance and mourning for those killed in clashes after the disputed election.
Many in the huge crowd walked silently and lit black candles as night fell. Others wore green wristbands or ribbons and carried flowers as they filed into Imam Khomeini Square, a large plaza in the heart of the capital named for the founder of the Islamic Revolution, witnesses said. Green is Mousavi’s campaign color. Read more…
Supporters of Iran’s defeated presidential candidate, Former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi, plan a rally on Monday to protest against the winning of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Mir Hossein Mousavi has appealed to the Islamic Republic’s top legislative body to change the result of Friday’s election, which gave the incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad a landslide victory over him. Mousavi insists that there were irregularities in the said election.
Ahmadinejad held a triumphant rally on Sunday, attended by a cheering crowd of tens of thousands of people. It was not clear whether authorities would allow any demonstration by his opponents. Ahmadinejad appeared at his rally amid a sea of red, white and green Iranian flags waved by supporters thronging Tehran’s Vali-e Asr square, some perched on rooftops or cars, to applaud his win. Read more…
