Iran opens fire on protesters as anti-regime marches sweep nation

UK Daily Star ^ | May 17, 2018 | By Henry Holloway & Anders Anglesey

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Byline: IRANIAN Mullahs have violently cracked down on protesters who mounted a defiant stand against the oppressive regime.

Anti-government marches in the city of Kazeroon against the Islamic fundamentalist regime ended in violence after Tehran forces reportedly killed two.

Protesters took the streets over the governments plans to change the city’s boundaries, which aims to give more power to recently-elected MP Hossein Rezazadeh.

Residents took to the streets in a bid to halt to move over the past few weeks, leading to stronger anti-government slogans and speeches to become more prominent.

On Wednesday the government said it would shelve the plan, but protesters – sceptical over the pledge – took the street in their hundreds.

When a number arrived outside the Ministry of Intelligence and Security calling for other protesters to be released, regime forces opened fire.

At first they launched tear gas canisters before they shot into the crowd.

Horror scenes show people frantically running as a police station burns in the background.

Pictures taken after the protest show bloodied marchers being treated in a nearby hospital.

Shahin Gobadi, an anti-regime activist, told Daily Star Online that despite the violence he felt regime change was “within reach”.

He added: “The anti-regime protests that began in January have continued in different parts of the country ever since and it is now abundantly clear that the Iranian people, especially the youth, will not relent until they achieve their goal, which is the overthrow of the clerical regime in its entirety.

“The mullahs are more vulnerable than ever before and the regime change is very much within reach.”

Tehran's violent crackdown comes just days after the US pulled out of the controversial 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

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[NY Attitude]

Sounds like 1978 all over again with the protests in the streets.