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SMCCDI: Violent clashes rock Tehran Bazar area

SMCCDI (Infoation Service)
June 20, 2003

Violent clashes happened, in the late hours of night, as the security forces intervened to avoid a group of angry youth to go toward the Tehran bazaar.

Armed clashes happened as some of the masked youth opened fire on the regime forces by injuring several of them before escaping from the area.

The Bazzar represent a strategic value of the regime as it hosts traditional waelthy businessmen who are strong supporters of the regime due to the immense privileges they do have.

Source: SMCCDI

http://www.iran-daneshjoo.org/cgi-bin/smccdinews/viewnews.cgi?category=5&id=1056092477

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Armed clashes happened as some of the masked youth opened fire on the regime forces by injuring several of them before escaping from the area.

Iraqi AK-47's finding their way to Iran?

[SauronOfMordor]

Armed clashes happened as some of the masked youth opened fire on the regime forces by injuring several of them before escaping from the area.

It's started. If the regime thugs are now personally at risk, it will dampen their enthusiasm for going around trying to intimidate people

I'm surprised that we haven't seen more armed resistence by the demonstrators. Even if they haven't access to guns, the use of knives, spears (knife taped to stick), and Molotov cocktails would allow them to GET guns away from regime forces. If they force regime thugs to always have to move in armed groups of 50 or more, then there won't be enough thugs to stop demonstrations.