Dozens arrested and a large number wounded
NCRI – On Wednesday, suppressive forces prevented people from holding a memorial service in Esfahan for Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri who died in Qom on Sunday. They attacked people who had gathered to take part in the service.
A large number of agents of the State Security Forces, plainclothes agents and Revolutionary Guards have surrounded Seyyed Mosque since 8:00 o’clock this morning and prevent people from going into the mosque for the ceremony. People have been resisting the suppressive forces by chanting, “Khamenei is a murderer, his rule is illegitimate” and rejecting the regime as a dictatorship. People, especially women and girls, have been attacked with batons and teargas and pepper gas. A large number of people have been wounded and dozens arrested. Streets around the mosque have been blocked and cars are prevented from going near the mosque. There are clashes in a vast area of the city.
In Najaf-Abad, birth place of Montazeri near Esfahan, the mourning ceremonies turned into anti-government protests. People are chanting anti-regime slogans and suppressive forces have been trying to disperse them by beating them. There are clashes in various parts of the city.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
December 23, 2009
