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Article: Velvet Revolution Urges Iranian Citizens to Continue to Engage in Peaceful Assemblage to Contest an Opaque Election and for Iranian Security Forces to Reject Orders to Attack and Arrest Citizens.
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- Politics & Government Week
- Article date:
- July 9, 2009
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Yesterday, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, without any recount of the results, stated that the Iran election was not rigged, and that any more protests would trigger violent crackdowns by security forces, including the thuggish Basij militia which has reportedly already killed a number of demonstrators. Today, tens of thousands of riot police and militia are in the streets attacking citizens with tear gas, water cannon and batons.
Velvet Revolution condemns these threats of violence against Iranian citizens who peacefully seek redress of grievances. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Iran is a party specifically permits ...