Nationwide uprising in Iran – Statement 115
40 women and five men arrested outside Takhti Stadium
NCRI – According to Social Headquarters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), at around 17:45 today some 40 women chanting death to Khamenei and hail to Mossadeq were attacked by suppressive forces outside Takhti Stadium as they were planning to join today’s demonstration.
The plainclothes agents and Ministry of Intelligence agents arrested this group of women. The suppressive forces also arrested five men and transferred them to the police station in Palestine Square.
In Vali Asr square the regime’s forces are trying to prevent people from marching toward Haft Tir Square (Rezaii-Ha Square) by firing tear gas. The number of people at this point is mounting.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 21, 2009
