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Press Archive - 19th June 2009

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*Disclaimer: As media and news are increasingly restricted the Campaign is providing these updates as a random sample – this information has not been independently verified but comes from reputable Twitter accounts

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11 PM 22 June (7:30 PM Tehran)

Abbas Abdi, from Karroubi HQ, says Guardian Council should annul its own credentials

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10:15 PM 22 June (6:45 PM Tehran)

They’re hitting ppl in Hafte Tir Sq.,3-5 thousand ppl are there.A friend who just left there confirmed.

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6 PM 20 June (2:30 AM 21 June Tehran)

I think I saw 2 or 3 people lying on the ground in blood & IRG started to move them, probably hide them.

Two photos just in from Tehran (will caption as soon as i can) http://bit.ly/Fjlr7

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5:30 PM 20 June (2 AM 21 June Tehran)

they were so many! riot police, normal police, intel, IRG, Basij! I managed to scape, but they captured so many people

I think they made fun of people, don’t go here, go this way, not that way & for no apparent reason suddenly attacking random people

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1:10 PM 20 June (9:40 PM Tehran)

Thx! “Demonstrations in many German cities; 4.000 ppl in Hamburg. GERMANY IS WITH IRAN”

Shootings in Tehran, BBC Persian (youtube) http://bit.ly/4yKLB

“Over 100 Basijs w/ batons between Mirdamad & Vanak, maybe another 50 around Vanak”

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12:40 PM 20 June (9:10 PM Tehran)

confirmed – Riots in Tabriz, Mashad, Isfahan, Ahwaz – Gov using violence

Mousavi – confirmed – IF I AM ARRESTED THE NATION IS TO STRIKE INDEFINITELY

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12 PM 20 June (8:30 PM Tehran)

People of Iran – be ready to take people from the streets tonight and give protection

My heart is pounding fast as I’m hearing about dead ppl lying on streets in Tehran

Will chemical warfare B next by the gvmt to kill ppl? Seems they’re doing anything 2 stop ppl

Mousavi speaking to supporters in the street NOW

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11:30 AM 20 June (8 PM Tehran)

Helicopters spraying water with agent in it onto crowds. Skin irritant, will make it feel as though water is scalding.

from a source in tehran: As of an hour or 2 ago, I feel like I’m in a police state for the first time.

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11:15 AM 20 June (7:45 PM Tehran)

5:30 In Khosh Street police is attacking people with batons and pepper spray trying to disperse ppl, shots heard

Thousands of people attempting to enter Tehran protest site have been blocked by heavily armed police

“Two reports coming from Tehran about helicopters pouring boiling water on protesters”

Very critical situation in Tehran now; tear gas & riot polices everywhere

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11 AM 20 June (7:30 PM Tehran)

They killed one of the protesters in ValiAsr X Enghelab. they took his body withe them.

Fars News has news of Baha’is and Zionists trying to hack sites.

today the world can see why we want our freedom from fascists

today most protesters are carrying the Quran

Reported casualties from shrine explosion: 1 killed, 8 injured.

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3 PM EST 19 June (11:30 PM Tehran)

Please join Mousavi, Khatami and Karoubi Sat 4pm Enghelab Sq. to Azadi Sq. Tehran for a crucial green protest

Thanks to http://twitition.com/csfeo , google earth updated it’s satellite photos from Tehran.

Khameneyi said he will not tolerate any more protesters & rallies, so tomorrow’s rally is completely against his will as the supreme leader

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