Clashes intensify at Iranian universities, 15 students severely wounded | Breaking Tweets

Clashes intensify at Iranian universities, 15 students severely wounded

Posted by Craig Kanalley on 6/14/09 • Categorized as Elections, Mideast

Per news.gooya.com, at least 15 students were severely wounded Sunday after clashes with police at a Tehran University dormitory. Shots were fired and the casualties could be much higher.

Per The Scotsman, about 2,000 students had chanted anti-government slogans and taunted riot police at Tehran University. Incidents were also reported at other universities in Iran, per various media reports and Twitterers.

Tweets from Tehran and elsewhere in Iran provided a live look at developments:

  1. Iran Election 2009
    iran09 (Iran) RT: @StopAhmadi: Confirmed NEWS: “Tear gas used at Tehran University” #IranElection 14 Jun 2009 from TwitterFox
  2. Mohamadreza
    mohamadreza (Tehran, Iran) Isfahan University Dormitories were attacked last night. #iranelection http://javanefarda.com/News.aspx?ID=585 14 Jun 2009 from web
  3. jadi
    jadi (Tehran, Iran) Anti Riot Police is around Tehran university. Ahmadinejad is on TV. I wont watch TV’s propaganda. My news is not there. I listen to streets. 14 Jun 2009 from choqoK
  4. amir vazini
    angry_lion (Tehran, Iran) @leilan56 tonight im at tehran university dormitory. its said that police wants to onrush to protests. 14 Jun 2009 from web in reply to leilan56
  5. Mohamadreza
    mohamadreza (Tehran, Iran) situation is so critical at university of Tehran and Isfahan university :| #iranelection 14 Jun 2009 from web
  6. Kamyar
    knv (Tehran, Iran) another report from gunfire in students’ dormitory in amirabad tehran “koye daneshgah” antiriot forces are shooting students #iranElection 14 Jun 2009 from TwitterFox
  7. Kamyar
    knv (Tehran, Iran) RT: @madyar: a very hard conflict is continuing between anti revolt police and students in university of Tehran/ Iran . NOW #iranelection 14 Jun 2009 from TwitterFox
  8. Iran
    IranRiggedElect (Iran) Conf:more than 15 students severly injured in attack to Tehran University dorm http://news.gooya.com/politics/archives/2009/06/089209.php 14 Jun 2009 from web
  9. bashix
    bashix (Iran) @iran09 @lotfan Tehran University dorm is heavily under attack… people need HELP.. noone is helping… spread the word 14 Jun 2009 from web
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  • fariba
    the corrupt govermet does not want to leave the power away, that monkey wants more power to calpest the will of iranian people which is to be free. we want them go, they are killing our people, we urge every body and every government to help us....save iranian people from that lier, that murderer....help us
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