Hundreds of thousands of Iranians came out to support the government –
January 1, 2010 – 12:00 am
In some cities, hundreds of thousands of supporters of Iran’s current government came to the demonstration in support of the authorities of the country. Meetings were held in the cities of Arak, Qom, Tehran and Shiraz, says RBC.
Demonstrators urged to apply strict measures against the leaders of the opposition. Guide of the Islamic Republic has provided public servants who take part in the rally, a day off, and organized a shuttle service to remote rural areas of the country to transport the protesters, reports Associated Press.
Demonstrations support for the Iranian leadership was followed in response to the actions of the opposition, which from 27 December 2009. organized a number of anti-government protests. The opposition hoped that the authorities did not dare to use violence in the sacred days of the Muslim holiday of Ashura, but the demonstrations quickly moved to a street bloodshed. While the Iranian police claims that are not intentionally fired at protesters in the street clashes killed at least 8 of demonstrators, including the nephew of the leader of the Iranian opposition Worldwide Hossein Mousavi. Last, to convince the opposition, won the presidential elections in Iran on June 12 2009., But the winner was announced, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
According to the Iranian police, since the beginning of unrest were arrested about 300 opposition supporters . As the representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, those who oppose the current leadership of the Islamic republic, it is better to refrain from further street rallies in order to avoid undesirable consequences.
