Iran News – Iran police end graveside rally (The World)

Iran police end graveside rally (The World)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police fired tear gas and beat anti-government protesters with batons to disperse thousands attending a graveside memorial today for victims of post-election violence, witnesses and state television said.

Police beat protesters in Iran as memorial held for victims of election violence (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian police fired tear gas and beat protesters to disperse thousands chanting “Neda lives!” Thursday at a memorial for victims of post-election violence held at the gravesite of the woman whose death made her an icon of the pro-reform movement, witnesses said.

Iranian police use force against graveside rally (The Champaign News-Gazette)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iranian police fired tear gas and beat anti-government protesters with batons to disperse thousands attending a memorial at the graveside of a woman whose killing made her an icon of the opposition movement. Police barred opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi from joining the crowd around the grave of Neda Agha Soltan, a young woman who was shot to death at a June 20 to …

Police beat mourners in new wave of unrest in Iran – WTOP Radio
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iranian police fired tear gas and beat protesters to disperse thousands chanting “Neda lives!” Thursday at a memorial for victims of post-election violence held at the gravesite of the woman whose death made her an icon of the pro …

Iran sends warships into Gulf of Aden (UPI)
TEHRAN, July 30 (UPI) — Iran has deployed a flotilla of warships and support vessels into the Gulf of Aden, the second in recent weeks, and says it also plans to establish a new naval base in the Gulf of Oman, at the southern end of the chokepoint Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian police use force against graveside rally (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police fired tear gas and beat anti-government protesters with batons to disperse thousands at a graveside memorial Thursday for victims of post-election violence, witnesses and state…

Violence as Iran police arrest mourners – Stuff
Baton-wielding Iranian police fired tear gas and arrested protesters mourning the young woman killed in post-election violence, who has become a symbol for the opposition to Tehran’s hardline leaders. The renewed protests show the opposition refuses …

Mousavi Barred From Neda Graveside Memorial By Iranian Police (The Huffington Post)
FILE – This photo dated May 2009 and provided by Caspian Makan, 37-year-old photojournalist in Tehran who identified himself as the boyfriend of Neda Agha Soltan, purports to show Neda Agha Soltan whose death on a Tehran, Iran, street was captured graphically on amateur videos which were published on the World Wide Web. The Iranian opposition is due to hold a “silent memorial” Thursday, July 30, …

Iranian police prevent opposition leader Mousavi from going to graveside memorial (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian police blocked opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi from attending a graveside memorial for victims of post-election unrest after he defied a government ban on the gathering.

Iranian police use force against graveside rally (The San Francisco Examiner)
TEHRAN, IRAN — Iranian police fired tear gas and beat anti-government protesters with batons to disperse thousands attending a graveside memorial Thursday for victims of post-election violence, witnesses and state television said.

Iran opposition leaders to visit protesters’ graves (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
TEHRAN (AFP) – In a fresh act of defiance, Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi will visit on Thursday the graves of slain protesters who opposed the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Iran police break up memorial for protest victims (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Baton-wielding Iranian police fired tear gas on Thursday and arrested protesters mourning the young woman killed in post-election violence who has become a symbol for the opposition to Tehran’s hardline leaders.

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