Monday, February 1, 2016

Iran: rally protesting presence of repressive agents outside Tehran amphitheater


At 9:30 am in the morning of Sunday, January 31st, near Tehran’s Vahdat Amphitheater units of the so-called “Guidance” police, along with women officers and plainclothes agents were seen around this site and in the streets of Shahriar, Nofel Lushatu, Enghelab and Vaezi, harassing those seeking to the enter the hall.
Female police officers distressing two ladies at the amphitheater entrance caused an outrage and protests by artists and other people at the site.


The amphitheater was the site of a film festival, an eyewitness said. The presence of these agents around the amphitheater made various people, art college students and artists concerned over the fact that similar to the year before “Guidance” agents would begin harassing the people and take action to interfere with the entire film festival.

The presence of male and female police officers at the film festival raised protests against the representative of the Minister of Guidance in the hall, and the agents were forced to leave the site fearing a major and widespread protest act by the people.

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