elisi: (Green (Iran) by schmiss)
elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2009-06-20 11:30 pm
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Reporting from the ground.

A report by Roger Cohen on what happened in Iran today. Go read!

The Iranian police commander, in green uniform, walked up Komak Hospital Alley with arms raised and his small unit at his side. “I swear to God,” he shouted at the protesters facing him, “I have children, I have a wife, I don’t want to beat people. Please go home.”

A man at my side threw a rock at him. The commander, unflinching, continued to plead. There were chants of “Join us! Join us!” The unit retreated toward Revolution Street, where vast crowds eddied back and forth confronted by baton-wielding Basij militia and black-clad riot police officers on motorbikes.


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