After the shock, then unanimity in the face of the elimination of General Ghassem Soleimani, on the night of January 2 to 3, by the United States, the regime's lies about the crash of the Ukrainian Boeing pushed the Iranians again in the street. The deaths of 176 passengers, mostly Iranian or Iranian in origin, and crew members who were on board the aircraft, followed by the revelation of the role of the Revolutionary Guards in the disaster sparked new outrage popular that the regretful statements of officials are not enough to calm.
Despite the bloody repression that left several hundred people dead in November when they attacked the protest movement sparked by the rise in the price of gasoline, the scenes of the protests and the slogans hostile to the Islamic Republic were back on Sunday , in the Iranian streets, for a second evening of demonstrations marked by a strong mobilization of the police.
“The Guardians of the Revolution were the masters of the game tonight. They did not allow people to meet in groups of more than twenty people, explains a Tehranese who went to the center of the capital, where a vigil was to be held in memory of the victims. We saw a lot of arrests. Their violence was much greater than the previous times. " Videos filmed in Tehran and elsewhere show widespread use of tear gas and violence by law enforcement officials against protesters. Detonations of firearms are also heard in the background of some videos released on Sunday, while others show injured protesters and pictures of sidewalks soiled by blood puddles.
"I only have anger in me"
The day before, a ceremony of tribute to the victims had already turned into a protest rally, when some participants began to take up slogans against the regime and against its highest authority, the Supreme Guide, Ali Khamenei. "I wanted to console myself for this great mourning, but in our society, we are deprived of the most basic rights, told World a participant in Saturday's rally in front of the Polytechnic University in central Tehran. So I left with candles, but in sports shoes and without a handbag, so I could quickly escape the police. The police fired tear gas and dispersed us with a stick. I have nothing left but anger. "
