Affrontements en Iran – novembre 2009
Iran: des milliers d’opposants dispersés en marge d’un défilé anti-américain
De Jay DESHMUKH (AFP) – 4 novembre 2009
TEHERAN — La police iranienne a dispersé violemment mercredi des partisans de l’opposition qui tentaient de manifester à Téhéran contre le président Mahmoud Ahmadinejad en marge d’un rassemblement officiel pour le 30e anniversaire de la prise de l’ambassade des Etats-Unis.
Après plusieurs heures de heurts avec la police, les manifestants ont quitté les rues en milieu de journée, ont indiqué des témoins.
Malgré l’interdiction des autorités, les partisans de l’opposition qui conteste la réélection le 12 juin de l’ultraconservateur Ahmadinejad en parlant de fraude massive, étaient descendus dans la rue en petits groupes, profitant de l’organisation du rassemblement anti-américain.
Aux cris d' »Allah Akbar (Dieu est grand) » et « Mort au dictateur », des milliers d’entre eux ont manifesté sur la place centrale Haft-e Tir, selon les témoins.
Les policiers, des membres des forces de sécurité en civil et les miliciens islamistes mobilisés pour l’occasion sont intervenus à coups de bâtons et de gaz lacrymogène, ont-ils ajouté. Un nombre indéterminé de manifestants ont été blessés ou arrêtés.
Selon le site de l’opposition mowjcamp.com, l’un des chefs de l’opposition Mehdi Karoubi a été frappé par des partisans du pouvoir et a dû quitter les lieux d’une manifestation sous la protection de ses gardes du corps.
Narguant la police, d’autres opposants, la plupart des jeunes, se sont rassemblés par petits groupes en criant « Mort au dictateur ».
Selon l’agence officielle Irna, les opposants ont mis le feu à des bennes à ordures, cassé des vitres de bus et attaqué des policiers.
A quelques centaines de mètres de la place Haft-e Tir, des milliers de personnes se sont rassemblées à l’appel du pouvoir devant l’ancienne ambassade américaine.
Arborant des drapeaux iraniens et portant des pancartes sur lesquelles on pouvait voir « l’oncle Sam » recevoir des coups sur la tête, ils ont crié les slogans habituels de « Mort à Israël » et « Mort à l’Amérique ».
Le 4 novembre 1979, des étudiants islamistes avaient pris d’assaut l’ambassade américaine avant de prendre en otage ses diplomates pendant 444 jours. Les relations diplomatiques entre Téhéran et Washington avaient été rompues en avril 1980.
Depuis, un rassemblement est organisé chaque année devant l’ex-ambassade américaine.
Après la dispersion des manifestants, le porte-parole de la Maison Blanche, Robert Gibbs, a déclaré mercredi que les Etats-Unis espéraient que la violence ne se propagerait pas en Iran.
« Nous espérons fortement que la violence ne se propagera pas et suivons la situation de près », a déclaré M. Gibbs devant la presse.
A l’occasion du 30e anniversaire de la prise de l’ambassade des Etats-Unis, le président américain Barack Obama avait affirmé plus tôt que l’Iran devait « choisir » entre rester fixé sur le passé ou ouvrir la voie à « plus d’opportunités, de prospérité et de justice » pour son peuple.
La dernière manifestation de l’opposition remonte au 18 septembre. Elle avait alors profité d’un rassemblement officiel propalestinien pour apporter son soutien à son chef et ancien candidat, Mir Hossein Moussavi, battu par M. Ahmadinejad.
Après l’élection controversée de juin, des dizaines de personnes avaient été tuées et quelque 4.000 arrêtées lors de troubles qui ont plongé l’Iran dans sa plus grave crise politique depuis la révolution islamique de 1979.
Confrontée à des manifestations chez elle, la République islamique doit également faire face à des pressions accrues de la communauté internationale qui lui a demandé de répondre rapidement au projet d’accord de l’Agence internationale de l’énergie atomique sur son programme nucléaire controversé.
Saeed Valadbaygi : We’re live blogging from Tehran Streets
4 novembre 2009
At the moment at 8:00: all roads heading towards embassy have been closed and Basij and Anti riot forces have been placed
هم اکنون ساعت 8:00 ، تمام خیابانهای منتهی به سفارت بسته شده و نیروهای ضد شورش انتظامی و بسیجی در محلها مستقر شدند
8:30:Basij and sepaah with ful power Surrounded the Russian embassy
سفارت روسیه توسط نیروهای بسیجی ویگان ویژه به شدت محافظت میشود
8:35:Reports from Shiraz of 50+ security vehicles, some equipped, stationed behind radio/TV centre
تعدادی از نیروهای موتور سوار بسیجی در اطراف صدا و سیما و مراکز حساس شیراز در حال گشت زنی هستند
8:45:Plain clothes are severly overlooking the streets. The plain clothes have been palced at pre-designated with cameras at many major roads
نیروهای لباس شخصی به شدت خیابانها را زیر نظر دارند.در بسیاری از خیابانهای اصلی نیروهای لباس شخصی با دوربین در مکانهای از پیش تعیین شده ای مستقر شده اند
8:46: There are report of heavy anti riot police and plain clothes present in 7 tir
گزارشها حاکی از حضور پر تعداد نیروهای ضد شورش در میدان هفت تیر است
8:50:Metro will not stop at 7Tir,darvaze dolat and Taleghani
مترو در ایستگاههای 7تیر،طالقانی و دروازه دولت توقف ندارد
8:55:Tehran’s streets are quite inflame but yet calm. The primary core of people has not formed yet
خیابانها ی تهران به شدت ملتهب اما آرام است.هنوز هسته های اولیه مردم تشکیل نشده است
9:00: »Yare Dabestani » song and « down with dictator » chant can be heard from some Tehran’s school since the first hours
سرود یار دبستانی و مرگ بر دیکتاتور از حیاط برخی مدارس تهران در اولین ساعات شنیده میشود
***Security guard with the order of Tehran’s prosecutor attacked the house of Mohsen Amoozadeh, member of “ Setade Javanane 88″ Pro Khatami and Mousavi and after arresting him, searched his house for two hours.
ماموران امنیتی با حکم دادستانی تهران به خانه محسن عموزاده خلیلی از اعضای ستاد جوانان 88 حامی خاتمی و موسوی حمله نموده و ضمن بازداشت وی، به مدت دو ساعت به تفتیش خانه پرداختند
9:20:Students of Sanati Sharif are moving towards Tehran’s university
دانشجویان دانشگاه شریف به سمت دانشگاه تهران در حرکتند
9:30:Helicopter are flying across Tehran’s skies and the roads are still field with Anti-riot and security police.people have not fully formed their groups yet
هلی کوپترها در آسمان تهران در حال گشت زنی هستند اما خیابانها همچنان پر از ماموران ضد شورش و امنیتی است.هنوز تجمع قابل توجهی از مردم شکل نگرفته است
9:45:Tehran univesity students are leaving the univesity by chanting « down with dictator » and « it will be the same until AN is in power » Clashes are happening around the university. People are slowly joining
خروج دانشجویان از دانشگاه تهران با شعار مرگ بر دیکتاتور و تا احمدی نژاده هر روز همین بساطه. درگیریهای پراکنده اطراف دانشگاه مشاهده میشود.تعداد مردم رفته رفته بیشتر میشود
Iran demonstrators clash with police
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Iranian security forces wielding batons and firing tear gas clashed with crowds in Tehran on Wednesday in an effort to break up anti-government protests organized on the same day as state-sanctioned rallies celebrating the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover.
The rally of opposition demonstrators was the first show of force since a mid-September protest that coincided with a state-sponsored rally against Israel.
The protestors again turned out to display opposition to the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose win in a disputed June election sparked the biggest political turmoil since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Witnesses said paramilitary units from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard swept through the opposition counter-demonstration in Tehran’s city centre, clubbing, kicking and slapping protestors. There were no immediate reports on injuries or arrests in the clashes.
However, reports from Tehran are limited because foreign journalists are either barred from Iran or severely limited in their movements. As a result, news coming from Iran is trickling out through first-person accounts, videos posted on YouTube or other online social media tools. Opposition websites have been calling for a large turnout.
Protest follows warning from Ayatollah
Many marchers Wednesday wore green scarves or wristbands as symbols of the campaign of Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole the election through fraud. Mousavi and his allies, including former President Mohammad Khatami, appeared to encourage opposition protesters to return to the streets
The anti-government protest took place about a kilometre away from an annual anti-American gathering outside the former U.S. Embassy to mark the day it was seized in 1979, an event that triggered a hostage crisis that endured for 444 days.
The protests come after Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned in a speech over the weekend that challenging the results of the June election was « the greatest crime. »
Earlier in September Khamenei had warned the country’s reformist opposition on Friday it would face a « harsh response » for confronting the Islamic establishment.
Opposition members say at least 72 protestors were killed during the protests that followed the election, while Iranian officials said 36 people died.
Iran protesters clash with police in Tehran on 30th anniversary of US embassy siege
www.telegraph.co.uk
04 Nov 2009
Iranian security forces are reported to have opened fire on opposition protesters in the capital Tehran on the 30th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy.
Thousands of Iranians earlier began a noisy anti-US rally in central Tehran to mark the storming of the American embassy by students 30 years ago.
President Barack Obama meanwhile said in a statement marking the anniversary of the event that has sparked three decades of hostility between America and Iran that the Islamic republic « must choose » now whether to open the door to opportunity and prosperity.
Huge crowds from early in morning descended on the former US embassy complex in central Tehran, dubbed the « Den of Spies », chanting slogans such as « Death to America » and « Death to Israel ».
Witnesses said they also tore up « Uncle Sam » posters and chanted « the blood in our veins is a gift to our leader » – a reference to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The crowd was constantly being swelled by people arriving on foot and by bus, witnesses said.
Less than a mile away at Haft-e-Tir square, riot police armed with batons and firing tear gas moved in as several hundred opposition supporters attempted to stage an anti-government protest.
Witnesses said the protesters, who were chanting « Death to the dictator », refused to disperse and dozens were beaten.
However, later in the afternoon the streets were reported to be less tense.
Supporters of opposition candidates in this year’s disputed presidential election – won by the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – have only rarely ventured on to Tehran’s streets in numbers since the violent repression in the wake of the vote.
Thousands rally in Tehran
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
04 – Thousands of Iranians on Wednesday rallied in central Tehran chanting anti-government slogans and clashing with state security forces and anti-riot troops.
Large crowds formed at Haft-e Tir Square. Authorities closed down Haft-e Tir metro station. There were chants of « Allah-o akbar », or God is greatest, and « Death to the dictator ».
Authorities moved to quell the unrest, using tear gas and opening fire on some protestors. Several protestors were injured from shots fired by security forces. Police also used batons to beat protestors. A number of protestors were also arrested. Security forces are filming protestors.
Angry people set rubbish bins on fire to combat the teargas.
There were protests in other parts of Tehran and several other cities.
Students at the University of Tehran clashed with security forces that tried to prevent them from taking to the streets. They broke the university gate and moved to join larger rallies in central Tehran. There were chants of « Death to the dictator ». A student has told Iran Focus that similar skirmishes took place at Sharif University where slogans were chanted against the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In recent weeks, there were calls among young people and some student groups for a nationwide protests on November 4. In previous years, the regime held anti-Western protests on 4 November which marks the 1979 US embassy takeover. This year, there had been calls by opponents of the regime to turn the day against the clerical establishment.
Police and protesters clash violently in Tehran
4 novembre 2009
TEHRAN — Police used batons and teargas to break up an opposition protest in central Tehran on Wednesday, while huge crowds staged a noisy anti-US rally nearby to mark the storming of the American embassy by students 30 years ago.
US President Barack Obama, meanwhile, in a statement marking the anniversary of the event that sparked decades of hostility between America and Iran urged Tehran to make choices that would end its international isolation.
Witnesses said the violent clashes occurred at Haft-e-Tir square in the heart of the capital when riot police armed with batons and firing teargas moved in on a crowd of several hundred opposition supporters staging a protest.
The protesters, who were chanting « Death to the dictator, » refused to disperse and dozens were beaten or arrested. Groups of pro-government hardliners also gathered at the square chanting « Death to America. »
Opposition website Mowzcamp.com reported that opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was among the protesters at the square but left quickly after he and his supporters came under attack by the hardliners.
The report could not immediately be confirmed.
Away from Haft-e-Tir square, opposition supporters — numbering several thousand in all — gathered in small groups on many street corners and side roads, witnesses said.
Staging brief demonstrations during which they chanted « Death to the dictator, » and « Ya Hossein, Mir Hossein » — in praise of main opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi — the mainly-young protesters quickly moved on to new sites when police tried to disperse them.
Witnesses said the entire city centre had become a stage for « cat and mouse games » between police on bikes and youthful protesters.
According to the Irna news agency, protesters set fire to rubbish bins and attacked a bus, smashing its windows. It said two policemen were injured in the clashes and hospitalised.
Opposition supporters have since June been staging protests at every opportunity in Tehran against the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a presidential vote they claim was massively rigged.
About a kilometre (mile) away, outside the former US embassy complex — dubbed the « Den of Spies » — thousands of Iranians gathered from early morning chanting slogans such as « Death to America » and « Death to Israel, » witnesses said.
They also smashed up posters they had brought with them of the American « Uncle Sam » symbol and chanted « The blood in our veins is a gift to our leader » — a reference to Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The crowd was constantly swelled by people arriving on foot and by bus, witnesses said.
By mid-afternoon the streets of Tehran were calm again as people who took part in the various rallies and protests went home, witnesses said. However, a large security force presence remained on standby in the city centre.
Wednesday’s anniversary, which has turned into a cornerstone of the Islamic regime, marks the capture by radical Islamist students of the US embassy compound on November 4, 1979 — just months after the Islamic revolution toppled the US-backed shah.
The students, who took 52 American diplomats hostage and held them for 444 days, said they were responding to Washington’s refusal to hand over the deposed shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
The two countries broke diplomatic ties after the event, which have yet to be restored.
Obama in his statement urged Iran to look to the future rather than the past.
« We have heard for 30 years what the Iranian government is against; the question, now, is what kind of future it is for, » he said.
« It is time for the Iranian government to decide whether it wants to focus on the past, or whether it will make the choices that will open the door to greater opportunity, prosperity and justice for its people. »
US-Iranian relations deteriorated even further during the tenure of former US president George W. Bush, who lumped Iran into an « axis of evil » along with North Korea and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
During his first term as president, Ahmadinejad stepped up Tehran’s anti-US tirade.
And although Washington has made diplomatic overtures towards Tehran under Bush successor Barack Obama, Khamenei said Iran still distrusts the United States.
« Every time they have a smile on their face, they are hiding a dagger behind their back, » he said on Tuesday.
The anniversary comes at a time when Washington is backing a sensitive nuclear fuel deal for Tehran brokered by the UN atomic watchdog.
Witnesses: police clash with protesters in Tehran
4 novembre 2009
TEHRAN, Iran — Witnesses say Iranian security forces have clashed with opposition protesters in one part of Tehran.
The witnesses say authorities used batons to try to disperse demonstrators holding anti-government marches in a central square in the capital. The opposition protests were called to coincide with state-sanctioned rallies Wednesday marking the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy.
The witnesses had no immediate reports of serious injuries or arrests among the protesters. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of fear of arrest.
Outside the former U.S. Embassy, thousands of people gathered for the annual anti-American demonstrations.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Thousands of people are taking to the streets of Tehran for government-backed events marking the anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy. So far, there have been only scattered reports of counter-protests by opposition groups.
Police had threatened opposition groups not to hold any demonstrations Wednesday during the annual event marking the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in 1979.
In one incident, witnesses told The Associated Press that about 2,000 students confronted hundreds of security forces outside Tehran University, but there was no immediate reports of violence. The witnesses spoke on condition of anonymity because of fears of arrests.
Outside the former U.S. embassy, people waved anti-U.S. banners.
Protesters, Police Clash In Tehran On Anniversary Of U.S. Embassy Takeover
http://www.rferl.org
2 novembre 2009
As Iran held anti-U.S. rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, security forces clashed in the capital with opposition supporters who renewed their protest against the reelection of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad.
The opposition demonstrators were defying Iranian officials’ orders not to use the day to stage antigovernment protests.
Tensions have been running high since Ahmadinejad was named the winner of the June 12 presidential vote, a decision the opposition believes was the result of fraud. Authorities cracked down violently on the mass protests, which marked the country’s biggest political crisis since the 1979 revolution.
At the November 4 protest in Tehran, witnesses said police forces used teargas to disperse hundreds of protesters who were chanting « Death to the Dictator. »
On condition of anonymity, a woman in Tehran who participated in the protest told RFE/RL about the clashes between protesters and Basij forces.
« People were throwing stones, they used teargas and pepper gas against people,” she said. “The number of people who were injured is high. I don’t know if anybody died, but [Basij forces] were hitting people with batons. I was hit on the head. They don’t care if you’re young or old. They’re beating everyone. »
In the crowd was cleric Mehdi Karrubi, an opposition leader who was a candidate in the June 12 election. Karrubi attempted to reach Hafte Tir square but was prevented from doing so by security forces. (Click for YouTube video.)
Karrubi’s son, Mohammad Taghi Karrubi, told Radio Farda that two of the opposition leader’s bodyguards and a number of his supporters were injured. « The police forces shot tear gas directly toward Karrubi and his supporters. It resulted in the injury of two of the guards, who were transferred to the hospital, » he said.
Mohammad Taghi Karrubi added that officials advised his father not to take part in the demonstration because of the possibility that those opposed to the establishment could stage a « suicide attack. » Discounting the official line, he said that Karrubi’s camp considers the violence used against the opposition leader’s entourage as a « terror attempt » conducted by government forces.
Reports say opposition members staged brief protests on small streets and street corners while chanting slogans in support of opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi, who officially finished second to Ahmadinejad in the election, and who has called on his supporters to continue their opposition to the result.
Many also chanted « Allah Akbar, » which has become one of the signature chants of the opposition Green movement that emerged united after the June vote.
Anti-Russian, Anti-U.S.
Meanwhile, thousands of government supporters carried anti-U.S. banners as they marched in the capital near the former U.S. Embassy, which Iranian officials refer to as « the nest of spies. »
In another neighborhood, opposition protesters chanted slogans against Russia, which they criticize for backing Ahmadinejad’s reelection. The protesters called the Russian Embassy a “nest of spies” as well. (Click for YouTube video.)
Many opposition members also called on called on U.S. President Barack Obama to clearly express his support for them, chanting « Obama, Obama, either with us, or with them!”The last time the opposition launched mass street demonstration was in September amid official celebrations of Quds Day. Tens of thousands of supporters of Musavi and Karrubi used the occasion to demonstrate in the streets of Tehran and other cities including Shiraz and Rasht.
In recent weeks, students at universities in Tehran, Ahwaz, Mazandaran, and other cities have held antigovernment protests. On November 4, students reportedly protested at the Shiraz University campus.
Radio Farda broadcasters Hannah Kaviani, Roya Karim, and Mohammad Zarghami contributed to this report.
Iran: Demonstrations and clashes in Shiraz, Esfahan and Mashhad
Wednesday, 04 November 2009
In Shiraz 25 arrested and 100 wounded
NCRI – Simultaneous with Tehran demonstrations, people have been protesting against mullahs’ regime in various cities since this morning.
In Shirz, thousands demonstrated in Shahcheraq Street chanting “Death to dictator.” A large crowd gathered in Namazi and Alam square, and Setad Roundabout and chanted anti-regime slogans.
Anti-riot suppressive forces used teargas to disperse demonstrators in Shiraz. At least 25 have been arrested so far. Courageous young people in Shiraz prevented the suppressive forces from taking away a woman held captive. At least 100 have been wounded in clashes, some by gun shots.
In Esfahan, at around 10 am local time, suppressive units and plainclothes agents tried to prevent thousands of students to go out of the university premises to join demonstrators. Students were chanting anti-regime slogans while they were surrounded by suppressive forces.
Intense clashes were reported near eastern gate of Esfahan University. Bassij and plainclothes agents tried to disperse the crowd by firing into protesters.
In Mashhad, demonstrations started from Falakeh Ab Square and Khosravi Street this morning.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
November 4, 2009
anthropologie du présent 