Nationwide uprising – Ashura 13
NCRI – At 10:30 this morning in Tehran, large crowds are reported moving from Pich Shemiran toward Vali Asr junction in Enqelab Street. Under the Hafez Bridge, demonstrators hurled stones at Bassij paramilitary forces and set fire to two of their motorcycles. Agents of the regime are seen to be throwing stones and teargas from over the bridge. Intense clashes are going on around Hafez Bridge and the agents of the State Security Forces are firing into air to disperse the crowd.
Thousands of people are marching toward Shohada Square and through Damavand, Nezam Abad and Enqelab streets and Imam Hossein Square to Azadi Square. People are chanting “Down with Khamenei,” “Khamenei is a murderer – his rule is illegitimate” and other slogans against the regime’s Supreme Leader.
People in buses are also seen chanting slogans and join the crowd when they get off.
In Ferdowsi Square people were chanting "Muharam is the month of blood – Khamenei will be overthrown." Agents of the regime turned loudspeakers up to prevent people’s slogans to be heard.
The commander of Tehran's State Security Forces, Brig. Gen. Azzizullah Rajabzadeh is stationed in Ferdowsi Square to command directly the clampdown of protests.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
December 27, 2009
