Kamangir (Archer)

Police Violence in Iran

Kamangir | June 15, 2007 | Category Iran

The Iranian blogger, Dajal, writes,

Following the so-called fight against immodesty, the Police caused another incident two days ago in Tandis Mall in Tehran (see this for the previous instance). According to the eyewitnesses, the Police officers where denying the so-called immodest people entrance to the mall when they attempted to arrest a girl who passed by. The girl started running away when she saw the officers and fell on the ground for a couple of times before close to Tajrish Square a policewoman arrested her. She resisted while being transferred to a Police car. That was while another girl who was transferred to the car just before was crying. With the cries of the girl, people started gathering and eventually the Police threatened to use tear gas. The officers at last were forced to carry the girl inside the mall in order to buy some time before people left the scene. During all this, the Police officers were very cautious that no one would capture the scene on tape. The video shown in the above is captured by someone standing there and it is not clear because the capturer has been afraid of the Police. The video, however, clearly shows the screams of the arrested girl.

This is what is being said in the video,

[Girl to the Police] Sir, wait for a second! [Scream] Why are you lying? You bastards! [Girl to the Police] [A woman to the Police] Do you not have mothers and sisters yourself [that treat us like this]? [Girl to the Police] Stop the BS!