Apocalyptic video from Karaj, large city just northeast of Tehran, shows rumored sacking of prosecutors office, a symbol of repression and regime excesses.
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Here’s an unverified photo showing extensive damage to the prosecutors office in Iran’s Karaj.
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Seasoned, hardened Tehran-based journalist: “I think the grassroots and lower middle class are venting out anger and the destination of the protests is unknown.”
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“People ask me what will happen next,” Abbas Abdi, a leader of 1979 seizure of US Embassy in Tehran and now an influential reformist, wrote in a column. “And I can say that people can tolerate economic pressure but not humiliation.”
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Interesting and ominous thread on Iran from Bahraini activist
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On the situation in #Iran, this is what my contacts on the ground have told me:
The protests started by groups who are anti-Rouhani, but ppl who are frustrated with current situation joined and changed the scale/demands of protests
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Iran’s semi-official Mehr News Agency cites provincial official confirming deaths of 2 people during “illegal” Dec 30 protests in Doroud, Lorestan. Official said “foreign intelligence services” were behind protests.
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Stark warning from Iran’s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli: "Those who attempt to destroy public property, disrupt law and order, break the law and threaten people's security must answer for their behaviour and pay the price.” 1/2
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"Those who misused social media to create insecurity, disorder, lawlessness and destroyed people's property proved that this facility is an excuse for them; they just want to spread violence and intimidation, and this behavior will definitely be dealt with.” 2/2 #pt
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Iran’s president to address nation today in wake of 3 days of political unrest twitter.com/hassanvand/sta
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Grim: Video purports to show new prisoners being bused into Tehran’s infamous Evin prison.
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Iran’s Mehr news agency warns: “Several takfiri groups have been dispatching forces to Tehran & other cities. These groups commissioned forces to shoot or stab people at the protests & attribute killings to the police, Basij or the IRGC.”
“End political protests with economic reform and social freedoms,” declares reformist daily Jameh Farda
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Fourth day of protests appears to get underway. This video from Hamadan, a city of 500,000 southwest of Tehran on the main road to Kermanshah.
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Brave woman takes the lead in demonstration underway in Iran's Isfahan. "Don't be afraid, Don't be afraid. We are all together."
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Youth torch police motorcycle in "conservative" Mashhad. No matter how much Iran regime spends to indoctrinate youth, each generation gets more radical: 2017 more than 2009, more than 1999. They hate you, Khamenei. They really, really hate you.
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This is an utterly peaceful and civilized protest getting underway in Chabahar, a Persian Gulf port city in the country's far southeast.
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