An Iranian opposition supporter gestures as she takes part in an anti-government demonstration at Tehran University in the Iranian capital on December 7, 2009.
An Iranian opposition supporter gestures as she takes part in an anti-government demonstration at Tehran University in the Iranian capital on December 7, 2009.
Despite continued efforts by the Iranian government to intimidate protesters, demonstrators returned to the streets of Tehran University on Tuesday to protest the re-election earlier this year of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and government repression. It was the second day of protests.
NPR's Mike Shuster reported the following for the network's newscast:
Several thousand students demonstrated against Iran's government at Tehran University. They burned pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and chanted anti-government slogans, including "Khamenei, your time is up."
The protesters were attacked by street militia known as the Basij, who used truncheons and teargas to disperse the crowd.
On Monday, which was celebrated around Iran as National Student Day, thousands of students and other opponents of Iran's government clashed violently with security forces in Tehran and in at least ten cities around the country. More than 200 protesters were arrested.
Plainclothes police also threatened one of the leaders of the opposition, Mir Hossein Moussavi, when he tried to get into a car to leave his house. The opposition protesters believe Moussavi really won last June's president election, not Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was declared the winner and was installed for a second term.
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