Iran protests 2020: People storm Tehran streets as riot police reportedly fire rubber bullets
Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets of Tehran and other major cities on Sunday to denounce the policy of the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and chant against the Revolutionary Guards, the idiologic military forces that obbey directly to the supreme leader.
Republic of Iran engulfed in wave of protests (wikimedia commons/public domain)
The wave of protests intensified after the authorities admitted that it brought accidentally down the “Ukraine International” airliner killing all 176 people on board, mostly Iranians.
The Tehran regime acknowledged on Saturday that its own military fired two missiles at the passenger plane and shot it down because they thought they were under attack.
The Iranian authorities also blamed the Americans, saying that their threats caused tension among the Iranian military which no longer waited for the order of the superiors and acted hastily.
BBC correspondent in Iran, Bahman Kalbasi, posted a Twitter video that shows anti-government protesters running chaotically and trying to escape the rubber bullets fired by the riot police.
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“Surreal. Standing in the middle of the Uni. of #Toronto Convocation Hall as people sob for the victims of #IranPlaneCrash & I get this HORRIFIC vid from a friend in #Tehran, she is standing over a bridge watching the protest as they are shot at by what she thinks R rubber bullets.”
Surreal. Standing in the middle of the Uni. of #Toronto Convocation Hall as people sob for the victims of #IranPlaneCrash & I get this HORRIFIC vid from a friend in #Tehran, she is standing over a bridge watching the protest as they are shot at by what she thinks R rubber bullets pic.twitter.com/aw6fuzOVS4
— Bahman Kalbasi (@BahmanKalbasi) January 12, 2020
In the wake of the dramatic downing of Flight 752, the ordinary Iranians put their fear aside and hit the streets of country’s main cities calling for their leaders to step down. People are heard chanting “America is not our enemy, the enemy is right here, inside.”
Meanwhile the government sent special forces and troops which flex their muscles in front of the demonstrators. Soldiers wearing black outfits and riding motorcycles are the spearhead of the government’s response. Last night, protesting students from two universities in Tehran were dispersed with tear gas.
An unprecedented situation developed in the Islamic Republic of Iran on Sunday. Students in Tehran have ostensibly bypassed the American and Israeli flags drawn by the authorities on the asphalt precisely for students to walk on. The young people practically defied the state propaganda as they avoided to step over the flags of the two countries.
Today, Iranian protesters at Shaheed Beheshti University refusing to step over US and UK flag and chanting against those who do… #IranProtests2020 #IranPlaneCrash pic.twitter.com/zlCYICq4UY
— Rana Rahimpour (@ranarahimpour) January 12, 2020
Furthermore, huge posters featuring the image of late General Qassem Soleimani begin to disappear from the streets. The one who was considered the national hero of Iran a few days ago, now sparks discontent among the angry protesters who take off his portrait.