Iranian Riot Police Using Force to Break Up Protesters

Iranian riot police have used tear gas to break up large crowds of protesters who continue to stage rallies opposing the results of the recent presidential elections. In addition to tear gas police have fired live ammunition in the air while militiamen have used batons to club those people defying the government warning about assembling.

That warning actually came from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who, on Friday, ordered a ban on the protests. Despite that order protesters have continued to flood the streets demanding a new election after claiming fraudulent results handed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second term in office.

At least ten people have died in the clashes between protesters and security forces and that number could rise dramatically as the government’s patience has grown increasingly thin. Those security forces have said they would use any means necessary to end the demonstrations and as the situation stretches into its second week those means are expected to deliver bloody results.

The Iranian presidential election was expected to deliver a close result but the final numbers showed Ahmadinejad wining by a landslide while his closest rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, secured just 34 percent of the vote. Protesters have claimed that figure was impossible and while an investigation into the election showed some irregularities officials determined they did not determine the election.

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