Sayeh Hassan is a Toronto based Barrister & Solicitor and owner of Shiro-khorshid-forever.
Today marks the 3rd anniversary of Akbar Mohammadi’s suspicious death in the notorious Evin Prison. Akbar Mohammadi was arrested along with his brother Manouchehr Mohammadi during the pro democracy student protests in July 9th 2006.
Mr. Behrouz Javid Tehrani is an Iranian political prisoner. He was first arrested during the pro-democracy student demonstrations on July 9th 1999 (18 Tir) and he is the only remaining political prisoner from 18 Tir.
Hundreds of protestors in Toronto gathered on Mel Lastman Square on Thursday July 9th 2009 between 6pm-10pm to mark the 10th year anniversary of July 9th 1999 student uprising in Iran.
According to one of my contacts in Tehran there were thousands of Basiji and Revolutionary Guards in the streets of Tehran today attacking the protestors. He witnessed a mother and her child get beaten savagely by Basij forces during the protest.
Rooftop Protests in Tehran
On the eve of the 10th anniversary of 18 Tir (July 9th 1999) pro-democracy student demonstrations, residents of Tehran took to their rooftops and shouted the slogan of “death to the dictator.” According to reports from Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran people also used this opportunity to advertise and inform each other of the 18 Tir demonstrations which are to take place in most major cities in Iran tomorrow. The rooftop protests lasted until approximately 10:30pm.
According to “Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran” security forces attacked the “Nourshirvani University” in the city of Babol today, and arrested at least two students. One of the students who were arrested was Mr. Nima Nahvi. The second student was Mr. Ali Taghipour, both of these students have been taken to an unknown location.
Protests in Tehran continued today even though the streets were full of security and Basij forces attacking and even shooting protestors. According to news from “Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran” every major street and even smaller streets were lined with security forces, Sepahe Pasdaran and Basij, there was an air of Martial Law in Tehran today.
Arrest of protestors in Iran continues on a major scale. According to news from “Human Rights and Democracy Activists” in Iran not only are people being arrested on the streets, but security forces are actually raiding hospitals, rounding up wounded protestors and taking them to “unknown locations.”
Thursday I attended what I thought was a pro-democracy demonstration in Mel Lastman Square. As I arrived I realized that this was once again a pro-Mousavi, pro-Islamic Regime demonstration. Once again there were no Lion and Sun flags except a few scattered ones carried by individuals who were standing apart from this crowd. The demonstrators were wearing mostly black and had green balloons or green headbands or wristbands.