Iranian Government Launches Harsh, Countrywide Crackdown
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Video clips from last days:
Note:
because, these materials are all made by amateurs and are also distribute by anonymous individuals, their informations like date or place might be wrong!
Tehran, capturing a Policeman, June 19.09Makhmalbaf speaks to people from rome, June 23.09
Tehran Protests on the streets June 23.09
IRAN Tehran People making barricades June 21.09
Tehran Protests on the street june 23.09
Tehran another night protesting from Roofs! June 23.09
IRAN Tehran street fights with police June 20.09
IRAN Tehran night demonstration on Highway June 22.09
Tehran Basijis Attack people but get beaten June 20.09
Tehran Basijis run away and one is shooting on people June 20.09
This can save their lives ...
23-Jun-2009
This is a document that a friend of mine who is an Iranian-American police officer has put together. He is the member of the SWAT team and he's an expert on anti riot tactics. he has been watching and studying the videos and the tactics that basij has been using and he put the document together. It would be great to spread this document and pass it on to the kids in Iran. It might save their lives. -- SB
Here are some simple ways of defending yourself when attacked by Basij or Security forces.
Anti riot attacks
Once caught by security forces, the best way to break free is by swinging relentlessly in all directions. Keep in mind that security forces have to hold on to you, which means they only can use one hand to deflect the blows. Brass Knuckle is extremely effective when trying to break loose from the grip of security forces. Wooden brass knuckle is strong and simple to make. The image above is a sample of a basic wooden brass knuckle that can be made with a piece of wood, a cutter and a drill. It should not take more than 30 minutes to make a wooden brass knuckle. Wooden brass knuckle is extremely strong, light weight and versatile. Make sure that the top edges are sharp and round.
Motorcycle attacks
Iranian Basij motorcycle units use attack and retrieve tactics which is meant to create fear more than anything else. The same tactic was used by US police forces on horsebacks when confronting the civil right protestors. The advantage of utilizing motorcycles in urban environment is obvious: motorcycles can go places that cars can’t. However, motorcycles have disadvantages which can handicap the force that uses them.
The most effective way of disabling motorcycles is using tire spikes. Though made of carbon cratnor material, the Basij motorcycle tires cannot withstand multiple punctures. The easiest way to spike Basiji’s tires is by using a simple tire spike system called Iron Caltrop. This simple device can be made in a matter of minutes by wrapping two pieces of nail together in a 65 degree angle. By dropping a handful of Iron Caltrop on the ground, you can deflate the tires of Basijis’ motorcycles in a matter of minutes. If you ride, you know how difficult it is to steer a motorcycle with two flat tires.
Tear gas
A fabric socked in vinegar can very well protect you against tear gas. Cover your nose and mouth with the fabric and keep plenty of water around to wash your eyes if you come in direct contact with tear gas. Urban Legend: burning tires will reduce the effect of tear gas. Not true, it actually increases the effect and it smells bad too.
Batons
Riot police is trained to use batons. They understand that it’s easy to hit a stationary target and much easier to hit a target that is running away. Hitting somebody with baton is a matter of timing. The worst thing you can do is to run away from baton whirling security guards because it allows them to time the strike perfectly. The most effective way to counter a security guard with baton is to throw off his timing by going directly at him. That’s right. Run away and turn and go directly at him. When you go directly at the guard and close the distance, you completely screw up his timing. A boxer cannot hit a person that is standing 2 inches away from his face. That’s why boxer bounce around. A baton whirling guard is just like a boxer, he needs to time his strikes. By going directly at the guard and closing distance you mess-up his timing and might even be able to take him down.
Riot formation
Basij and police security guardsmen perform best when crowd disperses and becomes separated. The worst scenario for the riot police is when the crowd is together and inseparable. South Korean labor protestors in the 90s were the best organized units in history of rioting. Thousands of them held on to each other (locked arms) and no matter what, they did not let go. It made it impossible for the riot police to disperse them.
Just a few tips. Please translate and send it back to the youth in Iran. This can save their lives.
This is a document that a friend of mine who is an Iranian-American police officer has put together. He is the member of the SWAT team and he's an expert on anti riot tactics. he has been watching and studying the videos and the tactics that basij has been using and he put the document together. It would be great to spread this document and pass it on to the kids in Iran. It might save their lives. -- SB
Here are some simple ways of defending yourself when attacked by Basij or Security forces.
Anti riot attacks
Once caught by security forces, the best way to break free is by swinging relentlessly in all directions. Keep in mind that security forces have to hold on to you, which means they only can use one hand to deflect the blows. Brass Knuckle is extremely effective when trying to break loose from the grip of security forces. Wooden brass knuckle is strong and simple to make. The image above is a sample of a basic wooden brass knuckle that can be made with a piece of wood, a cutter and a drill. It should not take more than 30 minutes to make a wooden brass knuckle. Wooden brass knuckle is extremely strong, light weight and versatile. Make sure that the top edges are sharp and round.
Motorcycle attacks
Iranian Basij motorcycle units use attack and retrieve tactics which is meant to create fear more than anything else. The same tactic was used by US police forces on horsebacks when confronting the civil right protestors. The advantage of utilizing motorcycles in urban environment is obvious: motorcycles can go places that cars can’t. However, motorcycles have disadvantages which can handicap the force that uses them.
The most effective way of disabling motorcycles is using tire spikes. Though made of carbon cratnor material, the Basij motorcycle tires cannot withstand multiple punctures. The easiest way to spike Basiji’s tires is by using a simple tire spike system called Iron Caltrop. This simple device can be made in a matter of minutes by wrapping two pieces of nail together in a 65 degree angle. By dropping a handful of Iron Caltrop on the ground, you can deflate the tires of Basijis’ motorcycles in a matter of minutes. If you ride, you know how difficult it is to steer a motorcycle with two flat tires.
Tear gas
A fabric socked in vinegar can very well protect you against tear gas. Cover your nose and mouth with the fabric and keep plenty of water around to wash your eyes if you come in direct contact with tear gas. Urban Legend: burning tires will reduce the effect of tear gas. Not true, it actually increases the effect and it smells bad too.
Batons
Riot police is trained to use batons. They understand that it’s easy to hit a stationary target and much easier to hit a target that is running away. Hitting somebody with baton is a matter of timing. The worst thing you can do is to run away from baton whirling security guards because it allows them to time the strike perfectly. The most effective way to counter a security guard with baton is to throw off his timing by going directly at him. That’s right. Run away and turn and go directly at him. When you go directly at the guard and close the distance, you completely screw up his timing. A boxer cannot hit a person that is standing 2 inches away from his face. That’s why boxer bounce around. A baton whirling guard is just like a boxer, he needs to time his strikes. By going directly at the guard and closing distance you mess-up his timing and might even be able to take him down.
Riot formation
Basij and police security guardsmen perform best when crowd disperses and becomes separated. The worst scenario for the riot police is when the crowd is together and inseparable. South Korean labor protestors in the 90s were the best organized units in history of rioting. Thousands of them held on to each other (locked arms) and no matter what, they did not let go. It made it impossible for the riot police to disperse them.
Just a few tips. Please translate and send it back to the youth in Iran. This can save their lives.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
More twitter news:
“Head of parliament’s judiciary committee: Mousavi accountable for illegal protests, can be pursued legally.”
“Iran MP: Ground ready to legally pursue Mousavi for ‘acting against national security.”
“Head of the Judicial Commission of Majlis has requested the judicial pursuit of Mir Hussein Mousavi.”
“Ali Larijani, Hashemi Shahroudi, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei about elections and recent events.”
Crowd gathers in Tehran square, heavy police presence
Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:40am EDT
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Around 1,000 pro-reform Iranians gathered in a central Tehran square on Monday and there was a heavy police presence in the area, witnesses said.
They gathered in Haft-e Tir square, despite a warning by the elite Revolutionary Guards earlier on Monday that they would crack down on any election-related unrest.
"I was passing through Haft-e Tir square and I saw around 1,000 people there," one witness said.
Another witness confirmed that a crowd had gathered at the square. He said there was also a big police presence in the area but that the situation appeared calm. A third witness said hundreds of police were in the square.
The Guards threatened earlier on Monday to crack down on street protests after defeated candidate Mirhossein Mousavi called on supporters to stage more demonstrations over the disputed June 12 election, which he says was rigged in favor of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The authorities reject the charge of vote fraud.
Britain pulling embassy families out of IranUpdated: Monday, June 22, 2009
15:14GMT—11:14AM/EST
Washington, 22 June (WashingtonTV)—Britain’s Foreign Office said on Monday that it is withdrawing the families of its embassy staff in Iran, as a result of the ongoing violence there following the disputed 12 June presidential election.
“The ongoing violence has had a significant impact on the families of our staff who have been unable to carry on their lives as normal,” a spokesperson said, according to Reuters.
“As a result, we are withdrawing dependents of embassy staff until the situation improves,” the spokesperson added.
The announcement came as the semi-official Fars news agency reported that members of four Iranian student unions would stage a protest demonstration outside the British embassy in Tehran on Tuesday.
Esmail Tahmouressi, a student leader, warned that the demonstration could be another “November 4”, referring to the date when Islamist students seized the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, following the Islamic revolution, AFP reports.
In a separate statement, the Foreign Office today warned British nationals against “all non-essential travel to Iran.”
The revised advisory urged British nationals to “avoid demonstrations and large public gatherings.”
“At this stage, we do not believe it is necessary to advise British nationals to leave Iran, however we are monitoring the situation with the utmost vigilance,” it stated.
Violent protests following the disputed election have killed at least 17 people, according to Iran’s state television. However, unconfirmed reports put the tally at more than 150.
Sources: Reuters, UK Foreign Office website, Agence France-Presse
A blogger apparently in touch with Neda's family members offers some new details:
She was born in 1982, apparently her full name was Neda Agha-Soltan, and she was at the protest with one her professors and several other students. She was, they said, shot by a basiji riding by on a motorcycle. Also, she was apparently buried today at a large cemetery in the south of Tehran. ABC News' Lara Setrakian writes, "Hearing reports Neda was buried in Behesht Zahra cemetery earlier today, memorial service cancelled on orders from authorities."
(translated by reader Nima) - (Original in Farsi here)
Twitter from inside of IRAN:
If you catch militia - do not use violence do not kill him - treat him as your brother
People of Iran - THIS IS THE DAWN - This is the new begining - have hope and prepare
Soon Mousavi will announce full national strikes, probably starting with Petrochemical - prepare for this
Expect food shortage - transport stoppage - money shortage in bank
Fight between people & police in Tehran (June 21.09) Tehran - 1
Tehran - 2
Tehran - 3
Tehran - 4
Tehran - 5
Sunday, June 21, 2009
News from Twitter:
#e-source: the capital city is quiet..it feels like a bad movie, as though everyone is pretending that yesterday did not happen #Iranelection41 minutes ago from web
#e-source-unconf: ppl getting ready to close down the main market in tehran known as "bazaar," would have big effect on economy #iranelectionabout 1 hour ago from web
#e-source: Mousavi supporters planning more demos today...everyone is waiting to hear from Mousavi or his wife. #Iranelectionabout 1 hour ago from web
According (not confirmed) information from Facebook the Embassies of these countries help shot & injured people on the streets or inside their facilities:
"Australia, Finland, Austria, Germany, Britannia, Norway, Holland, Mexico, Belgium, Portugal"
It is also reported that according regime’s command to Ambulance drivers, all injured must be delivered to “Sepah” hospital which is a military hospital of revolutionary guard. So, they can be identify and put in trail later … people try to transport injured with their private cars to non-government hospitals.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
This words are tweets from Iran:
4.22 pm. Conf'd Iran Fatemiyeh Hospital Tehran: 30-40 dead as of 11pm; 200 injured. Police taking names of incoming injured. Call from Iran reports severe skin burns due to the unknown liquid dropped from helicopters.Bahman Ahmadi Amouee (Zhila's husband, journalist) also arrested Jila Bani Yaghoub, Femenist and Journalist arrested at her home in Tehran a few Mins. ago.Some other Journalists arrested in Tehran.
3.42 pm. Tehran will not Sleep tonight! number of foreign embassies in tehran accepting wounded. please contact your foreign ministries to open there embassy doors to the wounded Zhila Baniyaghoob's (woman activist) home has been raidedHaft Hooz SQ. is on fire, Protesters are so angry and try to push back Bassij with Coctel Molotov... A Bassij Base burn by Protesters at Navab St. (South Tehran)eyewitness: young protester killed with bullet through the head on Navab street clashes have intensified in tehran, shiraz and isfahananother person dead in Azarabayjan ST in Tehran
3.14 pm. according to same private listserv source, "People from all around Tehran are gathering to march into the city later at night."unloaded massive amounts of guns for more than 500 basijies whom had been sent there several hours earlier to confront the demonstrators.Reports from Tehran, Azadi St., Sanati Sharif University indicate that more that 10 helicopters landed inside the university.
This words are tweets from Iran:
2.31 pm. Canadians, call your foreign office. It's confirmed Canadian Embassy rejects injured protesters
Australian Embassy reportedly accepting injured
My Friend Wounded At Haft Hooz SQ, No Clinic Is Open!
2.19 pm. IT IS NOT OVER, IT IS JUST BEGUN!
FB report: shouts of Allah o Akbar in holy city of Mashhad "explosive"
Reports: People Pushed Back Millitas at Gisha St.
2.14 pm. :(( eye witness reporting that milita using Ambulances to lure people & then shoot at them near roodaki & azarbayjan st.
WHOLE city is shaking with very loud screams from rooftops. Their loud voices calling only for God is filled with fear, hatred, and hope.
2.13 pm. it comes from every direction. now it's "ya hossein, mir hossein"
1.57 pm. I am crying. Iran are crying....
From a source in Tehran: allah akbar just started and it's the most intense yet. so surreal.
RT ASAP! TAKING WOUNDED Portugese Embassy No.30, Nezami St., Abbas Pour St., Valy-e-Asr
Reports: Bassij Millita attacking People at Haft Hooz SQ, Heavy Clashes Just Strated...
1.52 pm.People Shouting on the roofs, all over the Capital: "Death to the Dictator"!
Getting frustrated at Aljazeera. They say "a man" is being beaten when he's obviously militia captured by people.
Reports: People Blocking Streets at Tehran Pars (East Tehran) and Setting Fires
Reports: At least 5 Protersters Shot Dead By Police, Army Forces and
Milittia in Tehran...
Mass arrest of protesters, about 400 people arrested in today's clashes...
15:40 GMT TEHRAN
BBC CORRESPONDENT
The police couldn't be everywhere and halfway along the avenue leading from one of the squares to the other, I watched a crowd slowly gather and begin chanting, setting fire to rubbish bins and throwing stones at the police.
They had achieved the critical mass they needed and more and more demonstrators joined them. Near me in the crowd a man was shot in the arm and the air was thick with tear gas. I saw another man whose arm had been slashed by a razor wielded by a secret policeman.
The confrontations are still going on and a big column of black smoke from a fire is hanging over the city centre. - BBC -
4000 People demonstrated in Hamburg Germany:
Nach den Protesten in Teheran sind am Sonnabend auch in der Hamburger Innenstadt etwa 4.000 Menschen gegen die umstrittene Wiederwahl von Irans Präsident Mahmud Ahmadinedschad auf die Straße gegangen. Mit symbolischen grünen Bändern, Rosen und Fotos von verletzten Demonstranten aus ihrer Heimat zogen die teils vermummten Exil-Iraner durch die Innenstadt. Auf zahlreichen Schildern und Transparenten war unter anderem "Wir fordern Neuwahlen" oder "Nieder mit dem Diktator" zu lesen. Nach Angaben der Polizei verlief der Protestzug bislang sehr friedlich. - NDR -
Nach den Protesten in Teheran sind am Sonnabend auch in der Hamburger Innenstadt etwa 4.000 Menschen gegen die umstrittene Wiederwahl von Irans Präsident Mahmud Ahmadinedschad auf die Straße gegangen. Mit symbolischen grünen Bändern, Rosen und Fotos von verletzten Demonstranten aus ihrer Heimat zogen die teils vermummten Exil-Iraner durch die Innenstadt. Auf zahlreichen Schildern und Transparenten war unter anderem "Wir fordern Neuwahlen" oder "Nieder mit dem Diktator" zu lesen. Nach Angaben der Polizei verlief der Protestzug bislang sehr friedlich. - NDR -
Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran Iranian riot police stand guard in Tehran in this picture uploaded to a blog on June 20, 2009. Iran's highest legislative body said on Saturday it was ready to recount a tenth of the votes in a disputed presidential election and riot police were deployed in force to foil another planned protest rally in Tehran. - Reuters -
