Hardliners disrupt women’s rally in Iran
TEHRAN: Hardline vigilantes brandishing batons broke up a rally in Tehran by about 200 people trying to commemorate International Women’s Day on Monday, witnesses said.
The bearded vigilantes, members of the feared Basij volunteer army which is fiercely loyal to Iran’s Islamic leadership, waded into the crowd, most of them women, and pushed some to the ground. Uniformed police worked with the Basijis to disperse the crowd. Witnesses said they did not see anyone arrested or seriously injured. Permission for the gathering, which was intended to focus on violence against women and was to have featured speeches by local rights activists, was withdrawn by local authorities shortly before it was due to take place. —Reuters
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