{"id":396,"date":"2009-06-24T15:56:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T15:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/06\/baharestan-is-tehrans-tiananme.html"},"modified":"2009-06-24T15:56:17","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T15:56:17","slug":"baharestan-is-tehrans-tiananme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/06\/baharestan-is-tehrans-tiananme.html","title":{"rendered":"Baharestan is Tehran&#8217;s Tiananmen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: Another eyewitness claims to have been at Baharestan Square and<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/niacblog.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/24\/iran-updates-june-24\/\"><em>saw no violence<\/em><\/a><em>, though the scene was &#8220;tense&#8221;. At this point it is impossible to know what to believe. We have to wait for the mainstream media to do their thing and try to use other sources to corroborate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oh my god, if this is confirmed then today was Tehran&#8217;s version of Tianenmen square: a massive and indiscriminate slauhgter of civilians by the Basij militia in Baharestan square:<\/p>\n<p><object xmlns=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mEtVRgZ3Szw&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\"\/><param name=\"wmode\"\/><embed xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/mEtVRgZ3Szw&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"344\" width=\"425\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Summary of the points made by the distraught caller to CNN:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"noindent\">\n<li>More than 10.000 Bassij Milittias get position in Central Tehran, including Baharestan Sq.<\/li>\n<li>Army Helycopters flying over Baharestan and Vali Asr Sq.<\/li>\n<li>The streets, squares and around BAHARESTAN (Approx. South-eastern of Tehran) is swarming with military forces, civilian forces, the security motorists<\/li>\n<li>The croud have moved to the south of baharestan, the situation is bad, the shooting has started<\/li>\n<li>In Baharestan Sq. in the Police shooting, A girl is shot and the police is not allowing to let them help<\/li>\n<li>In Baharestan we saw militia with axe choping people like meat &#8211; blood everywhere &#8211; like butcher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=baharestan\">Twitter is starting to fill up<\/a> with unconfirmed reports as well, including some tweets that similar violence is going on at Lalazar Square and other points within the city.<\/p>\n<p>None of this is confirmed so we have to wait and see. If its even half true it&#8217;s a nightmare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Another eyewitness claims to have been at Baharestan Square and saw no violence, though the scene was &#8220;tense&#8221;. At this point it is impossible to know what to believe. We have to wait for the mainstream media to do their thing and try to use other sources to corroborate. 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