BASIJ

17. June 2009 | 00:38

Basij lead security backlash

When anti-government protesters marched on Monday near a building belonging to the basij , the Islamic militia, on the edge of Tehran’s Azadi square, they jeered at the men standing outside, shouting taunts at them. (News Source: Financial Times - 17:40:52)

Iran’s speaker condemns attacks on university students by Basij, police

Iran’s influential speaker of Parliament has condemned an attack on university students which they say was carried out by Basij militiamen and police. One student activist who declined to be identified told Reuters four students - three men and a woman - were killed during Sunday night’s assault on the dormitory of Tehran University. (News Source: The Daily Star Lebanon - 19:50:16)

At Least One Killed at Election Protests in Iran

One person died and several others were wounded when the Basij militia fired on Mousavi supporters at a rally in downtown Tehran. (News Source: Washington Post - 02:00:26)

One Iranian dead as shots fired at rally

TEHRAN, Jun 15 (Reuters) Iran’s hardline Islamic Basij militiamen killed at least one person today and wounded more when their building was attacked by demonstrators protesting an election they say was stolen by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (News Source: Deepika - 22:01:39)

The Twitter crisis: how site became voice of resistance in Iran

At about 3.30pm Iranian time today, an Iranian student calling himself Fair_vote_Iran wrote the following breathless post on his Twitter page. “Basij [the government paramilitary force] is after us. Slept in the streets last night. Internet is down in most of the city.” (News Source: u.tv - 21:42:15)

Rival Groups Rally Over Disputed Iran Election

Constitutional watchdog allied to supreme leader agrees to a limited recount of ballots; meanwhile, foreign news media are banned from streets. (News Source: Washington Post - 21:09:12)

Rival Groups Stage Rallies in Tehran

TEHRAN, June 16 — Supporters and opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad staged rival rallies Tuesday, as Iran’s influential Guardian Council sought to tamp down the nation’s worst political crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution by agreeing to a limited recount of ballots from last week’s … (News Source: Washington Post - 20:59:58)

One Iranian dead as shots fired at rally

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s hardline Islamic Basij militiamen killed at least one person on Monday and wounded more when their building was attacked by demonstrators protesting an election they say was stolen by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (News Source: Tiscali - 07:25:21)

One killed as protests surge in Iran

TEHRAN: Iran’s hardline Islamic Basij militiamen killed at least one person yesterday and wounded more when their building was attacked by demonstrators protesting an election they say was stolen by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (News Source: The Peninsula - 00:15:19)

One Iranian dead as shots fired at Mousavi rally

TEHRAN, June 16 - Iran’s hardline Islamic Basij militiamen killed at least one person yesterday and wounded more when their building was attacked by demonstrators protesting an election they say was stolen by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. An Iranian photographer at the scene witnessed the shooting, which came during a demonstration by tens of thousands in the capital Tehran in support of … (News Source: The Malaysian Insider - 23:29:52)

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