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Anti-government demonstration in Karegar Street draws thousands |
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Sunday, 12 June 2005 |
 Iran-Demo-2
Protesters call for boycott of June 17 presidential election
Despite the crackdown on protesters by the clerical regime’s repressive
forces, thousands of people joined an anti-government protest that
began by hundreds of brave women outside Tehran University, protesting
against the mullahs’ election masquerade.
Thousands of young people broke through the security cordons set up by
the State Security Forces, the paramilitary Bassij and the Ministry of
Intelligence and Security, to march from Tehran University to Enghelab
Square and then Karegar Street and Keshavarz Boulevard. The crowd
continued to grow as passers-by and local residents joined the throngs
of protesters.
Most of the protesters were women and young people. They chanted,
“Guns, tanks and Bassijis (the paramilitary vigilantes) are no long
effective”, “freedom, referendum, boycott of election”, “down with
dictatorship” and “free all political prisoners”. They called for a
solid boycott of the clerical regime’s elections and tore down election
posters and placards belonging to all the candidates.
The clerical regime sent in reinforcements to the area from different
parts of Tehran to put down the demonstration. They sealed off all the
streets in the area and tried to disperse the demonstrators. General
Nasser Shabani, deputy commander of State Security Forces in Tehran,
commanded the repressive forces.
The repressive agents attacked the demonstrators in Karegar Street and a number of young protesters were arrested.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
June 12, 2005 |
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