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Iran police fire on Kurdish protesters
from chopper
4.8.2005
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Iran-Kurdistan:
Aug 03 – Iran’s State Security forces opened lethal
fire on protesters in the western town of Saqqez
from a military helicopter on Wednesday,
eye-witnesses reported.
Anti-government protesters set fire to the town’s
principal prayer hall and vehicles belonging to the
police on Wednesday morning. |
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Various government buildings including the
governor’s office were also attacked and the
commander of State Security Forces was beaten by
protestors. A government agency, Bonyad Panzdah
Khordad, was completely ransacked.
Witnesses reported that women took part in great
numbers during today’s clashes with the security
forces. One witness described how several women
attacked policemen who had detained a teenage boy
and freed him.
In Hahlou Square, protestors chanted “Down with
Khamenei”, referring to Iran’s Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In an attempt to contain the unrest, agents of the
SSF opened fire on protestors. There were reports of
several people being killed by SSF gunfire. By early
afternoon, at least 30 people had been arrested.
Today’s unrest in Saqqez started at Oqab Square just
before noon as hundreds of protestors attacked a
local Bassij post with sticks and stones. The Bassij
are paramilitary Islamic vigilantes loyal to the
Supreme Leader.
The latest clashes come in the wake of a series of
protests that have swept Kurdish towns and cities in
Iran for the past weeks. Dozens of protesters have
been injured or arrested by government troops in
several towns.
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