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- Home <http://persian2english.wordpress.com/> ------------------------------ <http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/3852/> <http://persian2english.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/9671.jpg> February 14, 2011 Protests in Isfahan<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/protests-in-isfahan/> According to reports received by Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran, extensive pro-democracy demonstrations were formed in numerous locations in the city of Isfahan. People were gathered in groups of hundreds at Chahar-Baghe Bala Street and Revolution Square, along with other locations around the city. Demonstrations continued till dawn. The presence of the regime forces who tried to suppress the gatherings was unprecedented for the city of Isfahan. There have been unconfirmed reports of nearly five-thousand government forces in Revolution Square and the surrounding areas. Government forces were reportedly showing great sensitivity to the use of mobile phones. *اعتراضات گسترده مردم در شهر اصفهان<http://hrdai.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post_109.html> * 1 comment<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/protests-in-isfahan/#comments>February 14, 2011 VIDEO | Demonstrators in Tehran under tear-gas attack<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/video-demonstrators-in-tehran-under-tear-gas-attack/> Mass pro-democracy demonstrators chant: “I will kill who kills my brother” http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WBZ8x1lw1bM Demonstrators chant: “Khamenei should know that soon he will be overthrown” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DBL2LwPrpU&feature=player_embedded Large group of people march together in Tehran http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UoJVVHwj860 Demonstrators in Tehran under tear-gas attack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbeA9VOBApA&feature=player_embedded Demonstrators escaping from regime forces on 25 Bahman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w49JC1S-Io4&feature=player_embedded Pro-democracy demonstrators in Tehran chant: “Iranian with dignity, time to support” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baENs16DKGM&feature=player_embedded Protesters escape the attack of regime forces http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nJuYXQntDi8 Add comment<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/video-demonstrators-in-tehran-under-tear-gas-attack/#respond>February 14, 2011 Pro-democracy demonstrators in Tehran, Arak, and Mashhad<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/pro-democracy-demonstrators-in-tehran-arak-and-mashhad/> <http://persian2english.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/25bahman1.jpg> Streets leading to Enghelab square (# 9 map below) filled with demonstrators The following is report number 14 in the Kanoon about today’s protest in Iran. Its content has been submitted by journalists and the readers. *Tehran-* In Jomhouri Street, people set a newsstand on fire. Due to the crackdown and attacks by the security forces, people took refuge in the side streets and alleys, and took advantage of any opportunity to come out and chant slogans. Clashes erupted between the people and the security forces on Azadi street, and streets leading to Enghelab square are filled with angry demonstrators. People chant: “Death to Khamenei” “Death to Dictator” “Khamenei should know this time he will be toppled” “Mubarak, Bin-Ali, now it’s the turn of Seyyed Ali [Khamenei]“ *Mashhad- *Today, all the shops were ordered to shut down. The security forces severely beat up a young man at Rahnamyi three-way, while not letting people approach and dispersing the crowd. Rahnamyi street was shut down. At 19h00 local time, there are still people on the street, and it is quite busy. People have planned to protest by driving up and down Rahnamyi and Ahmadabad street to honk their cars’ horns. *Arak-* In the city of Arak (central Iran), a group of 500 gathered between the Malek-Abbass Abad three way and Shohada Square. The slogans chanted by the protesters were “Allaho Akbar (God is Great)” and “Death to Dictator”. At 19h00, tear gas was used and the crowd dispersed. MAP<http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=200649666023043856388.00049c3cc195bd5ec7e32&ll=35.697421%2C51.400824&spn=0.011641%2C0.027595&z=15&iwloc=00049c3e10dc585814a42> تمامي خيابان هاي منتهي به ميدان انقلاب مملو از جمعيت خشمگين است<http://www.facebook.com/notes/freedom-messenger-ghasedane-azadi/tmamy-khyaban-hay-mnthy-bh-mydan-anqlab-mmlw-az-jmyt-khshmgyn-ast-mrdm-yksda-fry/10150098913679590> Add comment<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/pro-democracy-demonstrators-in-tehran-arak-and-mashhad/#respond>February 14, 2011 Protesters attacked and shot in Shiraz<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/protesters-attacked-and-shot-in-shiraz/> Based on reports received by Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran, security forces have attacked the crowd of protesters in Shiraz. Shots were heard on Eram street, Namazi street and Setad Square. Many ambulances are moving in and out to transfer the wounded. The students at Engineering Faculty of Shiraz University staged a large protest and entered Namazi street. Citizens joined in. Other protests were staged at Setad Square, Molasadra and Eram streets. People were marching and chanting slogans like “Death to the dictator”. Around 6:30pm, security forces attacked the protesters and beat them with batons; however, when they were unable to disperse the crowd, they fired shots into the air. Some unconfirmed reports indicate that security forces opened fire on the protesters, which resulted in the injury of some people. Following the reported shooting, ambulances left the city’s hospital located in Paramount to the location of the shooting. Meanwhile, the security of the Eram Student dormitory (of Shiraz University) prevented students from leaving the dorm and threatened them to not take part in the protests. A large number of security forces surrounded the areas where protests were being held and tried to disperse the crowd. However, people continued their protests and fought back. Some of the students were beaten by the forces and some have been arrested. The protests still continue. More reports will be provided once available. *- Siavosh Jalili* *یورش وحشیانه و شلیک گلوله علیه تظاهرکنندگان در شیراز<http://www.iranpressnews.com/source/092635.htm>| Iran Press News * Add comment<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/protesters-attacked-and-shot-in-shiraz/#respond>February 14, 2011 VIDEO | Demonstrator shot by regime forces<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/4732/> Demonstrator shot by regime forces http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8MZrFeLNEr4 Demonstrators chant “Death to Khamenei” http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jHbfOi3b8vo 25 Bahman: “Weather Cairo or Tehran, Death to Despots” http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2hcWeeqNzjg Anti-riot forces disperse pro-democracy demonstrators http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z93bxsKJc-0 Add comment <http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/4732/#respond>February 14, 2011 Follow up report on death of protester and injuries of two others<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/follow-up-report-on-death-of-protester-and-injuries-of-two-protesters/> The gunshots of cold pistol weapons fired by security forces riding motorcycles are reportedly the reason for the death of *one protester<http://persian2english.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/protester-shot-and-killed-250-others-detained/> * and the injury of two others. Following the gunshots, protesters stopped the perpetrators by disarming them and setting their motorcycles on fire. Routes leading to Azadi Square have been blocked by security forces in an effort to disperse the crowd. ----------------------------------------------------------- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/02/iran-live-blog-25-bahman-14-february.html *Iran Standard Time (IRST), GMT+3:30* Filed at *11:45 p.m*. *A Special Correspondent reports: *We walked down Gharani Avenue from Karim Khan Avenue to reach Ferdowsi Square around 3 p.m. There were only three of us and we made a promise that if others did not show up we would abandon the march altogether. But were we in for a nice surprise. Even before we got to Ferdowsi Square we saw silent groups of people marching randomly with a determination in their eyes. 3:10 pm the guards were everywhere but not like they were in the Ashura demonstrations last year. We reached College Crossway (where Hafez Avenue crosses Enghelab Avenue) and the sidewalks were already filling up with quiet demonstrators without any signs or slogans. By the time we reached Vali Asr Avenue we realized that the tactic of the guards and the militia was to let groups of people go through and then separate them at each crossroad, so we tried to keep together and stay cool. 3:30 pm marked a painful visual landscape for me that I will never forget: the Basijis and the Revolutionary Guards had brought children in the street. They gave them clubs and were directing them for the attack, which happened right at that crossroad. The kids were probably 15 or 16 years old but their eyes were filled with hate. "Good Islamic Teaching, right?" I heard an elderly man say in an angry but muffled voice. I called my family to tell them where I was but the phones went dead around 3:45 and this was when the bikes rolled into the sidewalks and started beating people. I was separated from my friends in Enghelab Square but kept on going. The energy of the people and especially of the women and the elderly was like an electrical charge. I could not feel the beatings anymore and the clubs kept on coming on our heads, shoulders, legs and knees. Right at Jamalzadeh crossing, I heard a cheering crowd and realized that a large group of screaming demonstrators pouring south into Azadi Avenue (the continuation of Enghelab Avenue after Enghelab Square towards Azadi Square is called Azadi Avenue). The guards stopped all of the buses in the middle of the boulevard and forced us into the middle of the street. It was déjà vu as we reached Dampezeshki (Animal Husbandry Hospital). This was the same spot I was badly beaten in a June 2009 post election demonstration. So I kept myself on the extreme right side of the sidewalk. It seems that the Revolutionary Guards were repeating the same tactics again because they rounded up the people in the middle of the street and attacked them the same way they did in 2009. I slipped through the angry-looking guards and plainclothes militia and came across another scene. When I reached Eskandari Street it looked like a war zone: smoke, dust, teargas, screaming people, flying stones and regular attacks by the well equipped motorcycle riding guards. A petite young girl with a green wristband and a small backpack was walking to my left. Just before we reached Navab Avenue the guards charged from behind, one of their clubs hit my left leg but three of them attacked the girl relentlessly. She screamed and fell to the ground, but the guards kept hitting her. I ran towards them, grabbed the girl's right hand and released her from the grip of the guards. She was in a daze and crying unstoppably. I pushed her north into Navab Avenue towards Tohid Square away from Azadi Avenue when the guards charged towards us. This time the crowd fought back and stones of all sizes were directed back at them. This gave me a bit of time to ask one of the restaurants to open their doors and let us in. The girl was in shock and pain. I got her some water and asked how she was. Her clothes were dusty, her backpack was torn and her hands were shaking. "Why?" she kept asking. The battle in front of the restaurant raged on. The crowd had only their fists and stones gathered from the sides of the street, but the guards were shooting people in the head with paint guns, and spraying pepper gas and shooting teargas canisters. Then in a moment that I thought I would never see, two guards ran up, sat on one foot and randomly fired plastic bullets into the crowd. We waited until the demonstrators pushed the guards back before leaving the restaurant. *10:30 p.m.* *From a Tehran Bureau correspondent:* It was amazing today. About 350,000 people showed up. The crowds came from the sidewalks. There was no chanting on the main avenue. The security forces would try to disperse the crowd once in a while by firing tear gas. People would move to the side streets and start bonfires. It was beyond anything we had expected. They didn't shut off the mobile phones so word spread quickly [that they were not cracking down hard] before they shut them off around 4 p.m. It seemed like the Basij were ordered not to act until ordered. They just stood around looking bewildered. When the riot police would drive by on their bikes, they just put the fires out. Rarely did they arrest. I saw 10 people arrested; this means probably up to 1000 were arrested. I was all over on foot and on the rapid transit buses. The crowds were EVERYWHERE. They were remarkable for their peacefulness. They filled a radius of about half a kilometer to 400 meters on both sides of Enghelab Avenue. It looks like for the first time people from working class areas were involved too. I left two hours ago but the crowds were still out there. The security presence was large, perhaps 13,000. There may have been some killings. We saw two people beaten to a pulp. The first [beating was administered] by intel ministry officers, the second by Sepah [Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps]. Overall people worked hard to stop the beatings of the regime forces. About 200 special forces on bikes drove down on Javan Mard Ghasab, but perhaps they were going back to base [and not necessarily responding to protests there]. Several thousand walked from Imam Hossein Square towards Enghelb Square. This is the first time ever. Imam Hossein Square is working class. Also at Jayhoon, one kilometer south of Enghelab, there were bonfires burning until 8 p.m. The police had blocked entry of cars westwards at Imam Hossein from 3 to 4 p.m., but people walked on the sidewalks. I saw some 19 personnel carriers at Vanak Square around 9 p.m, plus 20 special motorbikes. An hour ago 200 people were standing around Mohseni Square, known as Mother Square, in northern Tehran. Overall the security forces were restrained. *From Homylafayette: *Compelling evidence that the protests continued into the night (and may still be going on, according to some reports). One of the ways to confirm the date of a video is to listen to the slogans being chanted. This clip features today's favorite phrase: 'Mubarak, Ben Ali, Nobateh Seyed Ali!' (...Seyed Ali [Khamenei's] turn. One protester screams out, 'This is the rage of the people!' This looks like it was filmed in one of the city's main thoroughfares, Azadi Street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rg5e-wMELc&feature=player_embedded Below: 'Seyed Ali's turn,' mutters the cameraman, referring to Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. It seemed this was the theme for much of the day. 'It looks like a war zone,' the cameraman says as he looks upon streets strewn with burning debris. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIlbV1YE05A&feature=player_embedded *9:55 p.m.* The sun set over four hours ago in Tehran. We have reports that some people are getting blankets and food and trying to enter Azadi Square area to spend the night there. Elsewhere, the stream of new information has slowed down, so the live blog will be taking this opportunity for a bit of a rest itself. Thank you for following us during a long and interesting day. The full details of what unfolded today in Tehran and across the rest of the Iranian nation will take some time to emerge and we at Tehran Bureau look forward to bringing you those stories. *9:25 p.m.* In addition to the various reports we have featured of tear gas being used against the protesters, AFP now reports<http://www.france24.com/en/20110214-iran-police-fire-tear-gas-protesters>that paintbull guns were used as well. More details: Witnesses and websites said the opposition supporters had walked in scattered crowds silently to Azadi Square from several parts of the capital as policemen kept a sharp watch and tried dispersing them. Riot police on motorbikes armed with shotguns, tear gas, batons, paintball guns and fire extinguishers were deployed in key squares in the capital to prevent the gatherings. One witness said some demonstrators were chanting "Allahu Akbar!" (God is greatest) as they gathered around alleys near Azadi Square. Another witness described how one group of demonstrators had walked silently from Imam Hussein Square to Enghelab Square. "They are being silent and trying to keep a low profile," the witness said. *9:15 p.m.* According to the BBC, witnesses report streetlights being cut off and security forces beating people under cover of the dark. Iran opposition protests, agency reports shooting [image: Photo] 4:15pm EST TEHRAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Iranian opposition activists rallied in support of popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia on Monday and a semi-official news agency said one person was shot dead and several wounded by protesters. An opposition website said dozens were arrested while taking part in the banned protests, which amounted to a test of strength for the reformist opposition. In late evening, chants of "allahu akbar" (God is Greatest) echoed from Tehran rooftops in scenes reminiscent of 2009 protests against the disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Eight people were killed in those mass street protests which lasted about a month and resulted in many arrests and several executions. A witness said security forces fired teargas to scatter thousands of people marching toward a Tehran square on Monday. There were also clashes between police and demonstrators, and dozens of arrests, in the city of Isfahan, another witness told Reuters. The semi-official Fars news agency cited violence on the part of protesters in a report that could herald a hard line by security forces. "One person was shot dead and several were wounded by seditionists (opposition supporters) who staged a rally in Tehran," Fars said, without giving further details. "Death to the dictator," some of the Tehran protesters chanted during the protests, which continued in places into the evening. Other demonstrators marched in silence. Some chants drew comparisons between the Iranian leadership and the autocrats deposed in recent weeks in Tunis and Cairo. Amnesty International condemned the authorities' reaction: "Iranians have a right to gather to peacefully express their support for the people of Egypt and Tunisia," it said. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia against secular, Western-allied rulers an "Islamic awakening," akin to the 1979 revolution that overthrew the U.S.-backed shah in Iran. But the opposition see events in Tunisia and Egypt as being like their own protests after the June 2009 election which they say was rigged in favor of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. RIOT POLICE British Foreign Secretary William Hague said: "President Ahmadinejad ... told the Egyptian people that they had the right to express their own views about their country. I call on the Iranian authorities to allow their own people the same right." Large numbers of police wearing riot gear and security forces were stationed around the main squares of the capital and pairs of state militiamen roamed the streets on motorbikes. There were minor clashes at some points across the sprawling capital city of some 12 million people, witnesses said. Mobile telephone connections were down in the area of the protests. Video posted on the Internet showed young men, some holding sticks, gathered around overturned garbage bins, some of which were on fire. The demonstrators marched toward Azadi (Freedom) Square, a traditional rallying point for protests. Hundreds of marchers also gathered in Isfahan and Shiraz, witnesses said. Security forces surrounded the homes of opposition leaders Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi preventing them joining the march, their websites said. Noting official Iranian backing for demonstrations in Egypt and Tunisia, Mousavi and Karroubi asked permission to hold their own marches in solidarity. But authorities refused, wary of a repeat of the protests in 2009, which saw the greatest unrest since the revolution of 30 years earlier. Turkish President Abdullah Gul, on a visit to Tehran, called on Middle Eastern governments to listen to their people. The Iranian authorities accuse opposition leaders of being part of a Western plot to overthrow the Islamic system. Describing events, state television said: "Hypocrites, monarchists, thugs and seditionists who wanted to create public disorder in Iran were arrested by our brave nation ... These people set garbage bins on fire and damaged public property." 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