Iran News – Iran: Police arrest students during street clashes in Tehran (Adnkronos)

Iran: Police arrest students during street clashes in Tehran (Adnkronos)
Iran: Police arrest students during street clashes in Tehran (AKI) – At least two people were reportedly arrested in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Monday as Iranian police clashed with student protesters and opposition supporters who chanted anti-government slogans. The clashes occurred as people gathered for an annual rally marking the killing of students in 1953.Basiji militias aligned with …

Iran seeks release of arms dealer facing sentence in U.S. (CNN)
Iran is calling for the release of an Iranian arms dealer who U.S. authorities say tried to illegally buy U.S. weapons for the Tehran government and was secretly charged, arrested and extradited, state-run media reported Monday.

Iran cops fire at unarmed protesters (p2pnet.net)
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- “ALL internet & mobile networks are cut. We ask everyone in Tehran to go onto their rooftops and shout ALAHO AKBAR in protest #IranElection,” was the Twitter message from Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh, a then candidate for the 2009 Iran presidential election. Now, “Iranian expatriate human rights activists report [...]

Iranian police shoot at unarmed protesters during Tehran demonstrations (Daily Telegraph)
Bloody clashes during a fresh wave of anti-government protests in the Iranian capital Tehran.

Protesters Take To Streets In Iran (NPR)
Thousands of students and other protesters took to the streets of Iranian cities Monday, a repeat of nationwide demonstration’s following last June’s presidential election. The Iranian government reacted with force, sending thousands of riot police and street militia to crack down on the demonstrators. Reports from Iran say there were violent clashes between police and protesters, and the …

Tehran (Iran) – Baltimore Sun
TEHRAN , Iran (AP) — Witnesses say security forces and pro-government militiamen with batons and tear gas are clashing with thousands of opposition protesters outside Tehran University on a day of planned student demonstrations. The witnesses say …

Police deployed in Tehran to prevent protests – YAHOO!
TEHRAN (AFP) – Hundreds of police have … after popular Iranian premier Mohammad Mossadeq was toppled with US backing. The event this year is expected to be used by supporters of Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi to …

Thousands protest in Iran, battling police – Washington Examiner
This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows pro-government female Iranian students chanting slogans as they hold posters of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, and …

Iranian Police Clash With Protesters (Payvand Iran News)
Iranian police have fired tear gas and used batons to disperse opposition protesters chanting antigovernment slogans in central Tehran, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Critics of the country’s disputed presidential election had vowed to use today’s commemoration of Students Day, when officials traditionally stage anti-Western public displays, to show that Iran’s reform movement is still strong.

Iran police clash with protesters in Tehran – witness (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian police used batons on opposition supporters chanting anti-government slogans in a central Tehran square on Monday, a witness said.

Police fire tear gas at protestors in Iran (MalaysiaNews.net)
Tehran, Dec 7 (DPA) Police fired tear gas against protestors near Tehran University in Iran Monday, trying to quell demonstrations against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, witnesses said.

Nationwide student protests bring tens of thousands into Iran’s streets, clashing with police (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TEHRAN, Iran – Security forces and militiamen clashed with thousands of protesters shouting “death to the dictator” outside Tehran University on Monday, beating them with batons and firing tear gas on a day of nationwide student demonstrations, witnesses said.

Biggest protest in months in Iran (KVOA Tucson)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – The largest street protests in months have been seen on the streets of the Iranian capital today. Security forces and militiamen clashed with thousands of protesters who were shouting “death to the dictator” outside Tehran University.

Iran Advocates Against Violence – OfficialWire
Some leading Iranians caution against violence toward anti-government demonstrators, saying it could turn moderates into radicals. Many who support Iran’s religious rule still take to the street to protest the election of President Mahmoud …

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