Struggle among Iran's clerics bursts into the open
AP / NASSER KARIMI and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
22-Jun-2009 (one comment)

The killings drove the official death toll to at least 17 after a week of massive street demonstrations by protesters who say hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole his re-election win. But searing images posted online - including gruesome video purporting to show the fatal shooting of a teenage girl - hinted the true toll may be higher. Police and the feared Basij militia swarmed the streets of Tehran to prevent more protests and the government intensified a crackdown on independent media - expelling a BBC correspondent, suspending the Dubai-based network Al-Arabiya and detaining at least two local journalists for U.S. magazines.

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Fred

Too late,the freedom genie is out

by Fred on Mon Jun 22, 2009 04:05 AM PDT

 

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard is threatening to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed presidential election and warns demonstrators to prepare for a "revolutionary confrontation" if they take to the streets again.

The country's most powerful military force ordered demonstrators to "end the sabotage and rioting activities" and said their resistance is a "conspiracy" against Iran.

A statement posted Monday on the Guard's Web site warned protesters to "be prepared for a resolution and revolutionary confrontation with the Guards, Basij and other security forces and disciplinary forces."



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