Iran Focus: Mashhad, Jun. 12 – Hundreds of people staged a demonstration in the city’s Tabarsi Square in the afternoon on Saturday, chanting, “Ya Hojjat ibn Al-Hassan, uproot oppression in Iran” (reference to the 12th Shiite Imam) and “death to the oppressors”, according to eye witnesses.
Mashhad scene of riots
Authorities claim to have arrested opposition activist
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – State media reported Saturday that undercover police officers became suspicious of an individual in the capital’s Ressalat Street on Wednesday.
Several hundred clash with police in northern Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Clashes erupted on Saturday between security forces and several hundred opposition supporters in Molla-Sadra Street in northern Tehran, an Iran Focus correspondent reported.
Tensions simmering in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Tensions were simmering on Saturday in Tehran as opposition supporters attempted to break through the heavy police presence to protest on the anniversary of last summer’s nationwide uprising. In 15th Khordad metro station a member of the government-sponsored Bassij militia was roughed up by a group of opposition supporters.
Police commander issues blanket order for clampdown in Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Greater Tehran Police Commander Brig. Gen. Hossein Sajedi-Nia said Saturday that the police will deal harshly with any attempt to undermine security and will prevent a minority from endangering public safety.
Clashes erupt in central Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Clashes erupted on Saturday between security forces and opposition supporters in central Tehran, an Iran Focus correspondent reported.
Iran sends SMS warning to protestors
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has been sending threatening SMS text messages to people in Tehran and elsewhere in advance of anticipated anti-government demonstrations to mark the anniversary of protests last June.
What if the Obama administration fully sided with Iran’s Green Movement?
Washington Post – Editorial: A year ago on Saturday, a movement was born that offers the best chance of ending the threat posed by Iran’s support for terrorism and pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Tensions increase in the capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – A large group of people are walking towards Ferdowsi Square in central Tehran. There is a heavy police presence in the area, an Iran Focus correspondent reports.
Iran security’s actions on visit spur concerns
Irish Times: When Iranian officials were drawing up plans for the country’s foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki to visit Ireland, they never expected that the trip would make headlines for very different reasons to what they had intended.
