Iran Revolution Day 168: Iran Police Surround University to Block Protests, Rooftop Cries "Death to the Dictator"
From Atlas Shrugs:
From my reliable tweets, 3:56 am: Uprisings in Shiraz: around 1000 students has started anti mullah slogans, the crowd are growing minute by minute
"students have started chanting slogans inside TH UNI, but slogans r not radical yet"
"have them under surveillance since last nigh"
""3 Student Activists Arrested in Lahijan" " Latest Reports on Prisoners : Students Face Heavy Arrest and Heavy Prison Terms"
"No Cell Phone Coverage in Enghelab Sqr, Around Tehran Uni and Polytechni"
Iran Police Surround University to Block Protests FOX
TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of riot police and Revolutionary Guard members armed with tear gas, batons and firearms were deployed Monday outside Tehran University to prevent student demonstrations backed by the opposition.
The large security operation suggested that authorities planned to make good on their promise to deal harshly with protesters marking the day in 1953 when three students were killed in an anti-U.S. protest. The occasion has in recent years been used by students to stage pro-reform demonstrations.
There was no word immediately available on whether demonstrations have begun inside the campus, but the witnesses said police were conducting ID checks on anyone entering the campus to prevent opposition activists from joining the students.
Journalists working for foreign media organizations are banned from covering Monday's planned protests. They were told late Saturday by the Culture Ministry that their press cards would be suspended for three days starting Monday.
On Sunday night, government opponents braved pouring rain to climb to Tehran rooftops and shout "Allahu Akbar" and "Death to the Dictator."
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