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TEHRAN (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at the mausoleum of the father of Iran's revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, state media said Saturday, in an attack coinciding with more unrest over a disputed presidential vote.
"A few minutes ago a suicide bomber exploded himself in the shrine," police official Hossein Sajedinia was quoted by the semi-official Mehr news agency as saying.
Press TV said the attacker died and eight people were injured. It said the attack took place at the northern entrance to the Imam Khomeini shrine.
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
Wow...
There's another option here.... political stunt, to show the protesters as violent and lawless
It could be an excuse to take action by the government...
All bets are off
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
Wow...
There's another option here.... political stunt, to show the protesters as violent and lawless
It could be an excuse to take action by the government...
All bets are off
Originally posted by john124
Reports of 150 dead today in Tehran, other cities just as bad or worse. Acid thrown on crowds from choppers also confirmed, and basij militias killing anyone who's gone hurt into hospitals.
European embassys taking wounded, basij blocking embassies and forcing embassy staff to leave. Could see european casualties too.
Some examples, today basij shot a pregant women, an 80 yr old woman, 12 yr old boy, many young women, a woman stood on her roof was shot thru' her heart.
Many now marching from other cities to Tehran maybe to capture to use or burn down state tv propaganda station. God knows what outcome will be when basij meet them. Orders are to shoot protestors on sight.
Army are stuck in barracks, some may be ready to revolt and take on the basij.
What happens next is anyone's guess
Originally posted by john124
Yes I can confirm the suicide bombing was definitely the regime trying to make the protestors look violent and extreme. This came from an Iranian.