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Iranian Bloggers Raid against Police Brutality (Updated II)

By Kamangir • May 21st, 2007 • Category: Iran

Update II: New footage of Police violence against women (link).

Update: Shocking scenes of Police Brutality against people arrested, and not tried, for illegal activities, including drugs, alcohol, and selling satellite dishes (link).

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Masih has published these two pictures from the recent Police Brutality against “improper veiled” women in Iran.

The recent Police brutality against women, because of their “improper” veils, has caused disgust and anger in the Iranian blogosphere. Although some bloggers were initially worried that revealing the injured women’s face may put her in danger of prosecution, the very picture of a women with bloody face has been circulated in the Internet, both inside and outside Iran. Balatarin, the Iranian Digg, created a hot topic to cover the story. Right after the first picture was linked in Balatarin, it hit a record high in terms of number of votes, comments and clicks.

The anger is not a matter of political view. Simply, the mainstream blogosphere is up on their feet. These are some reactions inside Iran.

Oops! The game got bloody!
Taliban in Tehran.
Am I weak or you are?
What is this place?
Chief of Police! I assure you these pictures will not find their way to newspapers. Masih also provides more pictures of the incident, shown in the above.
These women have the heart of a lion.
Yesterday, 7-Tir square [where the incident happened] smelled like blood.
Animal brutality still exists in Iran.
Thank you.
Who is responsible, the one who oppresses or the one who accepts it.
We are the outcomes of dictatorship.
I hate brutality.
One strap of hair is the distance between improper veil and a bloody face.
I hate Iran [not the exact translation].
Civil insecurity program.
Human being’s personality.
On the grave of humanity.
State of fear.
Sever struggle of Police and people in 7-Tir.

I am not even sure that this list is close to complete. Bloggers have also issued a public invitation for condemnation of the brutality.

Some reactions from outside Iran,

Iranian police crack-down against women continues
Iran: Reign of Terror Reloaded
Ghastly Police Brutality Against Women in Iran!
Violence in Tehran: Iranian Police Thugs take on University Students
Distracted
Iranian Woman Beaten Bloody in Dress Code Crackdown

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  1. Kamangir (Archer) - کمانگیر » Blog Archive » Police Brutality in Iran against Women on May 21st, 2007 at 4:23 pm:

    [...] Comments Kamangir (Archer) - کمانگیر » Blog Archive » Iranian Bloggers Raid against Police… on Police Brutality in Iran against Womennottoobrite on Police Brutality in Iran against WomenRed [...]

  2. booyekhak on May 21st, 2007 at 4:49 pm:

    thanks for your link.

  3. مایی Ú©Ù‡ کتک نخوردیم « کمانگیر on May 21st, 2007 at 4:57 pm:

    [...] نوشت دو: محکومیت این خشونت راهش رو به وبلاگهای غیر ایرانی پیدا [...]

  4. Kamangir on May 21st, 2007 at 5:20 pm:

    Booyekhak,
    Thanks for your efforts!

  5. Jack’s Newswatch on May 21st, 2007 at 5:49 pm:

    [...] The recent Police brutality against women, because of their “improper” veils, has caused disgust and anger in the Iranian blogosphere. Although some bloggers were initially worried that revealing the injured women’s face may put her in danger of prosecution, the very picture of a women with bloody face has been circulated in the Internet, both inside and outside Iran. Balatarin, the Iranian Digg, created a hot topic to cover the story. Right after the first picture was linked in Balatarin, it hit a record high in terms of number of votes, comments and clicks. [...]

  6. Ali Abdi on May 21st, 2007 at 8:24 pm:

    سلام آرش
    لینک دادم به وبلاگ
    پایدار باشی

  7. Dawood Roshani on May 21st, 2007 at 9:04 pm:

    Dear kamangir:
    in order to stop this action against Iranian youth by police The bloggers should be active.I have a post about this issue but in farsi.

  8. Bob Sloggin on May 21st, 2007 at 9:28 pm:

    Let the revolution begin….

  9. Unveiled women being beaten in Iran at Good Neighbours on May 21st, 2007 at 11:04 pm:

    [...] Kamangir has a pretty thorough summary of what is going on and links to some of the major Iranian bloggers who are writing about the sudden attacking of women who are walking and driving in western attire rather than veiled. Some of the sites are in Persian which I can’t read and some are in Arabic and in English. [...]

  10. Maria Linda on May 21st, 2007 at 11:12 pm:

    This is pure barbarism. Young Iranians you need to start a revolution. If you don’t you are all doomed.

  11. Outrage in Iran « Paleo Lithics on May 22nd, 2007 at 12:14 am:

    [...] Click Here [...]

  12. amin torabi on May 22nd, 2007 at 12:15 am:

    hey, dude, it’s a long time since i keep track of your posts. and now it’s a while since i myself is writing an english blog. would you please link me in your blog? it would be my honor to be in touch with you. one more relevant point: i am a sharifian physicist.

  13. amin torabi on May 22nd, 2007 at 12:24 am:

    my site: http://www.amintorabi.blogspot.com,
    i fill it wrong it the previous comment.

  14. Rob Taylor on May 22nd, 2007 at 12:47 am:

    Any way to translate some of the posts from Iranian bloggers? I’d love to put translations on my site.

  15. Islamic Police in Iran: torturing youths in the streets « Spanish Pundit on May 22nd, 2007 at 1:03 am:

    [...] posts about the reaction this brutality has caused on Iranian [...]

  16. daiyy on May 22nd, 2007 at 1:10 am:

    While this is clearly unjust, sadly, I wonder what the “blogestaan” will do besides writing about it on their computers. . .

  17. Kamangir on May 22nd, 2007 at 2:00 am:

    Rob,
    I’ll do that in a few hours.

  18. Brant on May 22nd, 2007 at 2:53 am:

    May God bless these women and bring justice to those perpetraitors. How shameful and embarassing. Imagine being a cop and having to beat a woman with a club for not wearing the right clothes !! Good grief! Oh wait ,it’s the Jews fault, I forgot.

  19. Rob Taylor on May 22nd, 2007 at 3:14 am:

    Thanks. I’ll check back in later

  20. Iran Beats Women Over Dress Code - Feminists Silent « Unclemeat on May 22nd, 2007 at 3:58 am:

    [...] Beats Women Over Dress Code - Feminists Silent Via TheReligionOfPeace, LGF, Memri, Kamangir - the Police in Iran are getting a bit more strict on their women. You would think that the SOW [...]

  21. thescoundrel on May 22nd, 2007 at 6:16 am:

    How can a reasonable man do that to a woman? Where is the support from womens groups from outside the country? I am a grown man but these pictures make me angry and sad at the same time. And despite the beating that this woman has taken you can still see the fire in her eyes. The picture of her in the cab says you can beat me and hurt me but you cannot take my spirit and soul.

  22. Jesus is Lord, A Worshipping Christian’s Blog » Blog Archive » Iranian Police Beat "Improperly" Clad Women on May 22nd, 2007 at 12:14 pm:

    [...] pictures at The Memri Blog, Gateway Pundit and Kamangir blog (warning, images are graphic). digg_skin = [...]

  23. Iranian Police Beat “Improperly” Clad Women | JesusMySavior on May 22nd, 2007 at 12:53 pm:

    [...] pictures at The Memri Blog, Gateway Pundit and Kamangir blog (warning, images are [...]

  24. Lance Manley on May 22nd, 2007 at 4:21 pm:

    Perhaps it will be the brave women of Iran that initialize the revolution. Wouldn’t that be a slap in the mullahs face.

    I support the brave Iranian women in their fight for freedom!

  25. Stix Blog on May 22nd, 2007 at 8:15 pm:

    Unveiled women are animals in Iran…

    Where is the MSM on this one???? Where are the Feminazis??? Over in Iran if a woman is caught without her veil she can be beaten up and jailed. This is the kind of people the Defeatocarats and the 9/11…

  26. Frieda on May 22nd, 2007 at 9:17 pm:

    Here is an popular American blogger covering this story:
    http://hnn.us/blogs/3.html

  27. Pedram Rahimi on May 23rd, 2007 at 11:16 am:

    http://www.cloob.com/club.php?id=1677#&postone&592481

    پليس نيروييه که براي مقابله با تبهکاران تربيت ميشه و کارش سرکوب ياغيگريه. بنابراين درگير شدن با پليس درهمه جاي دنيا يه نتيجه داره و فقط هم نشونه حماقت شخص مي تونه باشه. در فلسفه درست طرح امنيت اجتماعي كه شكي نيست ولي روش اداره اين طرح در موقعيت‌هاي مكاني معدودي مناسب نبوده و به همچين صحنه‌هايي ختم شده كه طبيعيه رئيس‌پليس تهران هم هيچ جوابي براش نداشته باشه و الان از پاسخ سر باز مي‌زنه. اگر چه اين اتفاقات نبايد در فلسفه كلي طرح امنيت اجتماعي خدشه‌اي وارد كنه اما بدونِ هيچ شكي آبروي نيروي‌انتظامي و مخصوصاً آبروي دولتِ آقاي احمدي‌نژاد (با توجه به اظهارنظر‌هاي زمان انتخاباتش در مورد موي سر جوانان) با اين رويه ريخته شده..

  28. Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead » Blog Archive » Video of Police Brutality against an Iranian Woman on May 23rd, 2007 at 1:56 pm:

    [...] aired on Voice of America (complete file). Watch the video on Youtube. For background see this and this. Direct link to the file. This is what is going on in [...]

  29. آوای یک ایرانی on May 25th, 2007 at 11:46 pm:

    شد پرده ی سیاهی معیار پاکی زن
    ای روشنی ستیزان معیارتان سیاه است
    ….
    چشم دل پرده میبایست امااز عفاف
    چادر پوسیده بنیاد مسلمانی نبود

  30. ebi on May 27th, 2007 at 11:50 am:

    salam.arash man ebi hastam.age shenakhti javab bedeh

  31. Global Voices Online » Iran: A Bloody Face Symbolizes the Violent Repression of Women on May 27th, 2007 at 5:29 pm:

    [...] May a young woman in Tehran became the latest victim of the crackdown. Citizen reporters captured photographs of her bloodied face which were subsequently published on many Iranian weblogs. According to some reports she was [...]

  32. Kamangir on May 28th, 2007 at 12:15 am:

    Ebi,
    I am afraid not. Sorry. Do I know you from high school?

  33. lily on May 28th, 2007 at 7:28 pm:

    you know .there is only one goal , they try to frightened us
    iranian authority start their meeting with usa . they need silence in socity to do wht they want..
    I SHOCKED after see those pics.. these officers arent human. they are savage animals. i know one of them

  34. lily on May 28th, 2007 at 7:31 pm:

    they try to frighten us to do what they want to do
    today iranian authority start their meeting with us,
    they need silence here in iran
    iranian police arent human they are savage animals.

  35. setare on June 3rd, 2007 at 9:12 pm:

    why did we get so upset when the 300 film was made????!!!

  36. raha rahnavard on July 15th, 2007 at 5:57 am:

    I am iranian and I hate kinds of hostility
    I hope freedom and justice for the humanity

  37. azadi on September 29th, 2007 at 6:01 am:

    dolate iran hamashon te

  38. USA on January 6th, 2008 at 12:10 am:

    You know, we have a war against Iraq, and thousands of Iraqi women die every month now because of it. It would be easy to produce hundreds of pictures of bloody women in Iraq, and yet there would not be as much attention ever.

  39. سیداباذرواحدی on May 13th, 2008 at 5:51 am:

    salam bar ensanhaye roshanfekr va aghl gara
    man mitavanam masaleye ya be ghowle bazi ensanhaye bezaher tarafdare azadi vali mokhalefe azadi bashar mozale hejab ra sabet konam
    mitavanid az tarigh email ba man tamas begirid
    abazar_wahedi_2007@yahoo.com
    ba tashakor

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