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IRAN: Thousands of Protestors take to the streets in Tehran despite crackdown

July 10, 2009
MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group
IRAN: Thousands of Protestors take to the streets in Tehran despite crackdown WSJ: Iran Protesters Defy Clampdown

Demonstrations flared up in Tehran and other big Iranian cities on Thursday evening, ending a week of effective clampdown on street protests, as thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets and clashed with security forces. The security forces fired tear gas and sprayed pepper gas at the crowd and beat them with batons, according to witnesses and participants. They fired gunshots in the air to disperse the crowds and arrested scores of... RSS Share it

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