Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Security forces attacked anti-government protesters at Tehran’s Mossadeq intersection, Daneshjoo Park and Enqelab Street, arresting a number of people late on Saturday.
22:00 local time – An update from Tehran
Clashes and arrests as protests extend into the night in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – A group of anti-government protesters charged at State Security Forces at 20:00 local time on Saturday in Tehran’s Ferdowsi Square forcing police units to draw back in their vehicles and on motorbikes.
Continued clashes in Iran capital
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Some 400 opposition supporters Saturday evening clashed with hard-line members of the paramilitary Bassij and plain-clothes agents at the intersection of Palestine and Enqelab streets, chanting “death to the dictator” and “[Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei shame on you, leave our country alone”, eye witnesses reported.
EU foreign policy chief concerned over Iran human rights situation
DPA: European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Saturday expressed concern over the situation in Iran one year after the Islamic republic’s disputed presidential election.
This just in: Rally in west Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – Hundreds of opposition supporters rallied in Azadi Street, in the intersection of Jayhoon and Shadmehr streets, in west Tehran, at 19:50 local time on Saturday despite heavy police presence in the Iranian capital, an Iran Focus correspondent reported.
Mashhad scene of riots
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.
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.
