SMCCDI Blog

Monday, 12 June 2006

Women activists and supporters beaten up in the Capital
SMCCDI (Information Service)
Jun 12, 2006, 10:12

http://daneshjoo.org/publishers/currentnews/article_6304.shtml

Tens of women activists and their supporters, including redempted Islamist reformists, were beaten or taken to jail following the regime's crackdown on a peaceful gathering. The demonstrators who were gathered, this evening, in the 7 Tir Square of the Iranian Capital were seeking the obtention of the backwarded and Islamist Gender Apartheid Policy.

Official security forces, including Islamist female agents named by most Iranians as "Black Crows" (due to their black veils), used clubs, chains and Tear-Gas spray against helpless and maverick women who were shouting slogans against the regime and one of its main ideological basis which is gender discrimination.

Many demonstrators were seen with broken noses or injuries to their heads and blood was noticeable on the asphalt and the side walks.

Security forces had closed most accesses to the area before the start of the crackdown in an effort to put a stop to the increasing crowd.

Italian version

Manifestanti picchiate a Teheran

Decine di attiviste femministe e le loro sostenitrici, alcune di loro ex riformiste islamiche, sono state picchiate ed arrestate dopo che la polizia è intervenuta per reprimere una manifestazione pacifica, convocata nella piazza 7 Tir per protestare contro la politica islamista di discriminazionale sessuale contro le donne.

Le forze di sicurezza, comprese alcune islamiste soprannominate dalla popolazione come "cornacchie nere" , per via del burqa nero che indossano, hanno usato anche gas lacrimogeni contro le manifestanti che urlavano slogan contro il regime e la sua politica di discriminazione sessuale.

Molte manifestanti hanno riportato ferite sanguinanti in testa e c'era anche del sangue a terra.

Poco prima della repressione, l'area era stata chiusa al traffico, per evitare che la manifestazione aumentasse di numero.