Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – A collection of reports from Tehran, Isfahan and Qazvin:
In brief: Protests across Iran
Across Iran, anger lies behind face of calm
New York Times: A young woman who worked for years as a volunteer helping disabled people said she now saw her volunteerism as a “tool of resistance” because it highlights a failure of the state to provide adequate care.
‘Death to the dictator’ chanted in central Iran city
Iran Focus: Isfahan, Jun. 11 – Residents of Isfahan chanted “death to the dictator” and “[Supreme Leader Ali] Khamenei is a murder, his velayat (rule) is null and void” from their rooftops on Friday at 22:00 local time in Nazar Sharqi, Towhid and Shariati streets.
Putin says freezing missile sale to Iran: France
Reuters: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has told France that Moscow will freeze a delivery of S-300 missiles to Iran after passage of extended U.N. sanctions against Tehran, the French president’s office said Friday.
Iran state TV blames Neda murder on opposition
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 11 – On the eve of the anniversary of last summer’s anti-government protests, Iran’s Channel 3 state television aired a 50-minute program on the murder of Neda Agha Soltan, entitled “Intersection.”
Reporting from Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 11 – Chants of “Allah-o Akbar” (God is the greatest) and “death to the dictator” could be heard coming from rooftops on Friday around 22:30 local time in Fatemi, Mirdamad and Vanak districts of Tehran.
One year later, Iran’s opposition remains quiet force
CNN: Nima has felt the force of a club come crashing down on his body in three separate beatings by Islamic security forces over the past year.
Clashes in Tehran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 11 – Clashes broke out at midday on Friday between train passengers and security forces over tickets at Tehran’s central railway station.
Ardebil: Police put on alert as residents call to protest
Iran Focus: Ardebil, Iran, Jun. 11 – From the Grapevine… An unprecedented scale of graffiti writing in the north-western city of Ardebil, with slogans urging people to take part in anti-government protests on the anniversary of the June uprising, has prompted local officials to mobilise the paramilitary Bassij forces to urgently paint over the slogans.
