Robocops

The demonstrators braved tear gas and water cannon to assemble in Enghelab Square in the heart of the capital, witnesses said, as foreign media were again barred from covering the opposition event.

"The robocops beat us up badly," one protestor told AFP. "Men and women were beaten up... My whole body is bruised... They confiscated my camera."

Members of the Basij Islamic militia, which has been at the forefront of the regime's efforts to face down a week of protests against official results giving hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second four-year term, were again out in force.

However, protestors were catching Basijis on motorbikes and beating them, a witness said.

link: AFP: Iran protestors clash with police defying ultimatum

Day of Reckoning

Reports: Clashes in Ahvaz, South of Iran. 19 seconds ago from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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from trusted FB source: Mousavi is reported to be speaking to protesters on Jeyhoon street. He said a few minutes ago: 3 minutes ago from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Journalists Banned

Journalists were banned from leaving their offices to report on the protests or bomb blast. A reporter from an American news organization said she had been called by a member of the paramilitary Basij militia warning her not to go to the venue for the Saturday rally because the situation would be dangerous and there could be fatalities.

link: Iranian Police Clash With Protesters - NYTimes.com

Chaotic Scenes

Chaotic scenes played out across city streets that for nearly a week had been flooded with hundreds of thousands of protesters marching mostly peacefully to protest alleged vote-rigging in the nation’s presidential election.

Clouds of gas or smoke filled intersections around Enghelab Street, which links the two main squares where an opposition protest was scheduled to take place. In one square, a crowd of about 4,000 and 5,000 people was attacked by clusters of militia forces on motorcycles and on foot, witnesses said.

Some of the protesters turned and ran, but others stood their ground, grabbing anything they could find — sticks and rocks and bricks — to throw at the riot police. Three motorcycles were set on fire, filling the area with flames and smoke. Each time the protesters managed to gain ground against the militia, known as the Basij, a roar of support went up from the demonstrators.

link: Iranian Police Clash With Protesters - NYTimes.com

I Have Prepared for Martyrdom

11:37 AM ET -- Report: Police taking injured, dead. This story in Persian says that its reporters are trying to confirm deaths but the dead and injured are being grabbed by security forces and taken away.

11:30 AM ET -- More Mousavi reporting. @LilyMazahery: "Mousavi is at head of Jayhoon ave. giving a speech."

Reliable Iranian on Twitter: "mousavi among people: I am ready for death"

Another: "Mousavi - Confirmed - I have prepared for martyrdom"

11:20 AM ET -- More reports of killings. Via Voice of American Iran:

-- "Mahsa from Tehran:I was in the rally today and police forces in Azadi square cruelly killed people and all my body is wounded"

-- "From Iran: I am home since 10 minute and Basij forces and police were killing young people like animals"

link: Iran Updates (VIDEO): Live-Blogging The Uprising

An Excuse to Crush the People

10:49 am: More from Twitter (Translated by Ali S.):

Commander Radan [Tehran police chief] is on the news threatening activists and news reporters.

Press TV just announced that Mousavi and Karroubi will be held accountable for any casualties today #iranelection

Most of the people in the streets are carrying Qurans

The protests have turned very violent in the streets from Enghelab to Azadi, and has been extended to Setar Khan area. It has been rumored that one person has been killed

“I, in the name of a reporter am saying that the bomb at Imam Khomeini shrine was not the work of a terrorist but the work of the regime itself.”

“This type of activity [regime bombing shrines] has a long precedent. A while back, a bomb exploded at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad and some people were killed. They caught someone and made him confess on television. But later it became clear that the bombing had been the work of the Intelligence Ministry. And now they’re doing the same thing in order to give an excuse to crush the people.”

“People are throwing stones at the anti-riot police and plain clothes militia”

“Because of the harsh treatment by the plain clothes militia and security forces, protesters are shouting harsher slogans”

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To The Streets for Freedom. . . .

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