Het gaat nu hard tegen hard, dit zou een nieuwe fase van de strijd in Iran kunnen inluiden, als het Westen zich maar niet bemoeit met de binnenlandse aangelegenheden van Iran. The New York Times bericht:
Death Toll Rises to 10 as Clashes in Iran Intensifylose
An Iranian ran as protesters burned police motorbikes during an anti-government demonstration in Tehran on Sunday. More Photos »
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The protests, on the holiday commemorating the death of Hussein, Shiite Islam’s holiest martyr, were the bloodiest and among the largest since the uprisings that followed Iran’s disputed presidential election last June, witnesses said. Hundreds of wounded people were reported wounded, and the Tehran police said they had made 300 arrests.
The Iranian authorities’ decision to fire into crowds on the sacred Ashura holiday stunned many Iranians, and some said the violence appeared to be galvanizing more traditional religious people who have not been part of the protests so far. The Shah’s forces never fired on protesters during Ashura, wary of violating the day’s sanctity.
In Tehran, thick crowds marched down a central avenue in mid-morning, defying official warnings of a harsh crackdown on protests as they chanted “death to Khamenei!” referring to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
They refused to retreat even as police fired tear gas, charged them with batons, and fired warning shots. The police then opened fire directly into the crowd, opposition Web sites said, citing witnesses. At least five people were killed in Tehran, four in the northwestern city of Tabriz, and one in Shiraz in the south, the Web sites reported. Photographs of several victims circulated widely.
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