Clashes in Rasht
An "eyewitness" report
April 19, 2000
The Iranian
Fifty young people were arrested in the northern city of Rasht during
three days of violent clashes with the Islamic militia and the police,
reports from Iran said Monday (see AFP
report). The following was received from a person who claims to have
been an eyewitness to the initial confrontation:
dar morede havaadese akhir dar rasht harf o hadis kheili ziyaadee --
albateh hame unhaa az tarafe mas'ulin -- onvaan shodeh. taa haalaa az mardomi
ke dar unjaa haazer budan porside nashodeh ke daghighan che ettefaaghi
oftaade ...
rooze shanbe [April 15], saa'at az 1 sobh ham gozashteh bud ke dargiri
shoro shod. man faghat chizi ke khodam didam tozih midam :
saa'te 1 o khorde'ee daghighan yaadam nist, taghriban maraasem ro be
tamum shodan bud ke ye edde basiji oftaadan beyne mardom o shoro kardan
be filmbardaari kardan baa handycam. in ye khorde baa'ese tahrike mardom
az jomle khodam shod ke zire lab nasezaa migoftam!
ba'd az chand daghighe hamoonaa umadan o az mardom baa in onvaan ke
maraasem tamum shodeh khaastan ke mahal ro tark konan. mardom ham e'tenaa'ee
nakardan. unhaa ham be soraaghe chand taa javoon raftan o hamin darkhaast
ro kardan ke unhaa ham e'tenaa'ee nakardan va in baa'es barkhorde fiziki
yeki az basijihaa baa yeki az un javoonhaa shod.
dar edaame edde'ee eb tarafdaari un javoon jolo umadan ke baa zarbe
haaye mosht o lagade basijihaa ke haalaa eddashun bishtar shodeh bud movaajeh
shodan. hamin amr baa'es tahrike javoonhaa'ee shod ke dar gooshe o kenaar
budan va ye dargiri shadid beyne javoonaa va basijihaa shoro shod ke dar
in beyn police be hich vajh dekhaalat nakard, tanhaa az tarighe bolandgooye
yeki az maashinhaaye police mardom da'vat be aaraamesh shodan vali dige
faayede'ee nadaasht chon ke seyle azimi az mardome khashmgin ke montaazere
chenin lahze ha'ee baraaye khaali kardan oghde'haaye chandin saale khod
hastan be raah oftaade bud, az javoone 14-15 saale taa marde 30-35 saale
beyne in gorooh bud. man az rooye arze khiyaaboon va toole taghribi un
va taraakome mardom in edde ro beyne 1500 ta 2000 nafar takhmin mizanam.
harekat baa shekaste shodane taablo haaye matabbe pezeshkaan va sepas
shishe haaye baank va kollan har markaze dolati donbaal shod. moje tazaahoraat
be bishtare khiyaboonhaaye asli shahr resid. taa injaa fekr mikonam edde
unhaa bishtar az 3000 nafar shodeh bud chon nirooye entezaami BE HICH UNVAN
hatta jolo ham nayoomad. in harekat baa'ese takhribe taghriban tamaami
cheraagh haaye rahnamaa'ee dar khiyaboonhaa, atash zadane parde haaye manghoosh
be akse koshteh shodegaane jang va besiyaari kharaabi haaye dige shod.
mardom sho'aar haa'ee sar daade budand ke dar un be ba'zi maghaamaate dolati
tohin mishod.
shabe ba'd az un, yanee dar yekshanbe shab, nirooye police amaade va
baa nirooye besiyar dar shahr paraakande bud ke bedune hich dalili dar
ebtedaaye shab be jaane mardom oftaad o baa kotak zadan o baazdaasht edde'ee
javoon ghaa'ele khaabid mota'assefaane vasile'ee dar ekhtiyaar nadaashtam
ke az sahne haa aks yaa film begiram.
inaa ro faghat be in khaater goftam ke be harfhaaye bi paaye o asaasi
ke ba'ziyaa dar morede ho kardane daste jaat azaadari yaa mashkook shodane
police be pesar o dokhtare javaani va ... migan khaateme bedam.
