”The Iranian authorities marked International Women’s Day by attacking hundreds of people who had peacefully assembled to honor women’s rights. Once again, Iran’s government has signaled that it is ready to use violence to suppress peaceful public assembly of any sort.” - Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch
Police in the Iranian capital Tehran have prevented protesters from taking part in a rally outside parliament to mark International Women's Day.
The authorities deployed large numbers of riot police and plain clothes officers in front of the parliament.
A few people tried to gather but were dispersed. One women was seen lifted up and carried away by female officers. Iran police stop women’s protests
Watch BBC video: Iranian women's protest ban
Mark Alexander
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This was on the radio as well. Unusual for the BBC, to report this, except they have a strong womens lib-lobby at Broads casting House.
Iranian women are revolting.
Sorry, I mean they are quite pretty mostly, but they are turning against authoritarian guards loyal to Arminajar. Guards were beating women in the street, and passing men berated the police, as most Iranian men are very chivalrous, and like someone else said, much more "European" than we are led to believe.
It's a good sign that independently of religion, real people are standing up to the heavy face of oppression.
I think they are much braver than the anti-this-that and t'other liberalists that wail aginst Stone cold Tony and his other muck-wrestling chums.
See how old tone has chucked his Jewish pal, fundraiser Lord Levy into the sea without a life-raft.
Some say he's been hung out to dry.
How can Cherie have lived with such a scheming toad all these years?
Oh well, I guess I just answered that question.
I tell you, the Labour Party is full of anti-Semites and posing facists in Nazi panty-hose.
Heil to the Furhrer Tony,
Ceasar is dead???
Long live Gordon Brown, seig heil.
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