BBC News reporting opposition has called off the demonstration rally scheduled for 4pm in Iran. Reports indicate that Iranian police and troops have been given orders to use LIVE FIRE to put down the protests. This appears to mean firing on large crowds a la’ Tiananmen square style.
Maybe they’re in a “quagmire” at the moment. There are still some foreign journalists on the ground- and plenty of twittering. Visas run out for the press in a day or two so they may be waiting til no one outside can report.
Very tense.
Hemmer said the real test will be who can outlast the other.
Will the protesters outlast the police?
Hemmer says a lot of times in these cases the police will get tired of beating on their own people.