Below is a summary of some of the press releases issued by the Worker-communist Party of Iran on the recent protests in Iran:
June 18, 2003 More than twenty thousand people protested in Esfahan: According to reports received by the Worker-communist Party of Iran, many streets and neighbourhoods in Esfahan were scenes of protests and marches from the afternoon until dark. Witnesses spoke of the presence of twenty to forty thousand people giving slogans for the overthrow of the Islamic regime of Iran and for the freedom of political prisoners. The Hezbollahis and plainclothes security members didn't dare approach the protestors given their sheer size. Stones were thrown at security guards. The protests were ongoing at the time the press release was issued. With the spread of the demonstrations to other cities, the movement for the overthrow of the Islamic regime has taken a huge step. Tens of thousands in Tehran, Shiraz, Mashhad, Esfahan, Tabriz, Ahwaz, Bandar- Abbas, Kerman, Kermanshah, Hamadan, Karaj, Shahin-Shahr and many other cities have protested against the Islamic regime and demanded the overthrow of the regime. This is a new historical episode, which the people have been awaiting for a long time. June 10th cannot be erased. The most barbaric government of the history of Iran is on its way out.
June 14, 2003, Islamic regime of Iran's violent assault against protesters; the students and the people are resisting: The demonstrations and protests against the Islamic Republic of Iran continue. The students are persisting and their protests continue with the support of different sections of society. The fourth day of the demonstration began on Friday early evening and continued to 5a.m. on Saturday. Following a joint meeting between the Ministries of Internal Affairs, Education, Tehran province and Tehran University security forces took over the grounds around Tehran University and the student campus on Saturday. They were joined by plain-clothed agents, who on this occasion were armed with machine guns as well as the usual, knives, clubs, chains and tear gas. Despite these preparations, the protesters gathered and began demonstrating. More and More people joined the demonstration and the slogans became more radical. All night the protesters were demonstrating in the surrounding streets. In several parts of Tehran, cars and the public expressed their support for the students by tooting their horns. More police and its mercenary groups and plain-clothed agents have entered the student's campus and dormitory attacking the students with chains, truncheons, clubs and tear gas. The students have clashed with the agents and fought back. Several motorbikes belonging to Islamic mercenaries have been set on fire and the plain-clothed agents have been set on by the people. The students have detained several of them. During early morning clashes a significant number of people and students were wounded and unconfirmed numbers have been arrested. The demonstrations in the last four days have shown the determination of the people of Iran to overthrow the Islamic regime. The resoluteness of the students supported by different sections of the population is significantly different from the previous rounds of protests. The people are showing the way to overthrow the regime. The people have seen that there is no other way to overthrow the Islamic regime but to use their might.
June 13, 2003, Demonstrations in Tehran continues. Islamic guards attack women who remove their veils: Today, the students at Tehran university campus and surrounding streets demonstrated shouting slogans against the government. The people of Tehran have come out of their homes and many went on the rooftop. Any move by the security forces of the Islamic Republic was jeered. People in cars tooted their horns in their support of the students. The university campus has been surrounded and cordoned off by the security forces. The streets are full of Baseejis and Pasdaran and plain-clothed agents. A group of girls removed their veils and danced in the streets and shouted slogans. The security forces attacked them savagely. People helped them escape. On several occasions the security forces fired tear gas into the crowds. The demonstrators shouted: 'Free all political prisoners!', 'Iran is not
Chile', 'Guns, Cannons are no longer effective!' According to news agencies, the Islamic Republic's flag was set on fire. In the women's campus of Beheshti University, the demonstrators gathered and shouted radical slogans against the regime. 'Down with the Islamic Republic', this cultural movement will continue every night'. Khatami, Khatami, resign, resign!' 'Down with Khamanei!' The security forces have surrounded the campus.
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