Ali Mousavi Khamane, a nephew of the reformist opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, was killed after being shot through the heart in the city's Enghelab Square. This according to the Guardian News. The death of the 35-year-old will certainly add fuel to the opposition. Turning him into a martyr in its struggle against the regime will ivite even more violence.
These reports are unconfirmed by this website. We hope know one would ever die during a rally like this, but Iranian officials seem bent on having some deaths at ever rally or protest.
Opposition backers turned out in the largest numbers since June 2009 post-election protests, despite official warnings that the government would clamp down hard on dissent.
The reformist website, Rah-e Sabz has been very active on Twitter and the site can be translated with Google Widgets. We highly recommend do a search for them though a proxy like hidemyass-dot-com.
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More reports are beginning to come in about clashes with Iranian Security Forces.
"It was meant to be an event when Iranians unite to honour one of Shia Islam's most revered martyrs. Instead, it turned into a day of bloody carnage that left at least nine dead, many more injured and the country facing a potentially unbridgeable divide and an escalating cycle of violence.
The Shia mourning ceremony of Ashura became the setting for all-out confrontation between Iran's torn political factions when the government unleashed a furious crackdown on pro-opposition protesters that included orders to open fire.
In the most violent clashes since the aftermath of last June's disputed presidential election, security forces fired on demonstrators who had gathered in their thousands in some of Tehran's main thoroughfares. Riot police and plainclothed agents attacked people with batons and iron rods, aiming for the head to exact maximum damage, said witnesses."
Aljazeera reports: Deadly clashes rock Iran - 27 Dec 09
Just yesterday the leadership in Iran said they would crack down on any citizens using the holy day to protest. Of course they will blame the violence on everyone but themselves.
