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Iran Focus
 Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 –
Clashes erupted between Iran’s State Security Forces and bus drivers and
union activists in the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday after authorities
arrested activists in an attempt to prevent a demonstration that had been
planned for the day, local residents told Iran Focus.
Agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), Iran’s notorious
secret police, raided the homes of bus drivers in Tehran in the early
hours of the morning, arresting hundreds of bus union activists and in some
cases their relatives as well, one resident reported.
Those arrested have been taken to unknown locations.
Demonstrations began in several locations throughout the Iranian capital
from the morning onwards.
Police shot live rounds into the air and fired teargas at the protesters in
an attempt to disperse them, an eye-witness who requested anonymity told
Iran Focus by telephone.
“Hundreds of armed agents of the State Security Forces were patrolling and
attacking the protestors”
“There were also truck loads of etela’aties
(MOIS agents) being brought in to arrest bus drivers who refused to work
and were protesting”.
The demonstration had originally been planned in protest to Tehran bus drivers’
insufficient pay and hard working conditions.
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