exclusive Channel 4 (UK) video of hijab police shooting at the crowd

[tocqueville]

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Violence at Iran's election protest

Updated on 15 June 2009

By Channel 4 News

At least one person is killed and many are wounded as shots are fired during a huge election protest in Tehran.

Shots have been fired during a huge rally in support of the defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Witnesses say people ran from the scene in panic, as several armed men opened fire. And there are also reports of gunfire in three areas of northern Tehran.

Tens of thousands of people had gathered in central Tehran to back Mousavi's call for new elections after the hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was swept back to power.

[Selatius]

1. I think the thing could turn into another Tiananmen Square Massacre pretty shortly.

The idea that the government would call for new elections seems pretty far-fetched. They're more likely to state the election was legitimate and then tell the protesters to accept it. Then, they'll tell the protesters to disperse. If they don't, well...