Robert Tait
London Guardian
Sunday, Dec 27th, 2009
At least four people were reported dead today after Iranian security
forces opened fire on opposition protesters who took to the streets in
Tehran for a religious ceremony.
The shootings took place as tens of thousands of demonstrators
gathered in the capital for the Shia Ashura ceremonies and to voice
anger at the government.
The reformist website Rah-e Sabz reported that an elderly man was
among the dead after being shot in the forehead at a crossroads in
Tehran city centre. Three others were said to have been shot nearby at
Kalej bridge, in Enghelab Street. Rah-e Sabz, citing witnesses, said
crowds held up the elderly man and started chanting slogans against
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Crowds prevented security forces from taking away those wounded in
the shootings. According to other eyewitness reports, members of the
hardline Basij militia attacked demonstrators with daggers and knives.
Disturbances were also reported in Isfahan and Najafabad, where the
Rah-e Sabz described the situation as “severe”.
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