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| Iran Guards vow protest crackdown | Iran Guards vow protest crackdown |
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| Iran's Revolutionary Guards have threatened to crack down on any new street protests against the results of the country's presidential election. | Iran's Revolutionary Guards have threatened to crack down on any new street protests against the results of the country's presidential election. |
| In a statement, the guards vowed to react in a "revolutionary" way to suppress unauthorised demonstrations. | In a statement, the guards vowed to react in a "revolutionary" way to suppress unauthorised demonstrations. |
| The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's elite security force, have close ties to the country's supreme leader. | The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's elite security force, have close ties to the country's supreme leader. |
| On Friday Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banned protests, prompting street violence in which at least 10 people died. | On Friday Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banned protests, prompting street violence in which at least 10 people died. |
| The streets of Tehran were quieter on Sunday but new protests are planned for Monday. | The streets of Tehran were quieter on Sunday but new protests are planned for Monday. |
| Opposition supporters passing messages online said they planned to carry candles at a rally in Tehran in the evening in memory of those killed. | Opposition supporters passing messages online said they planned to carry candles at a rally in Tehran in the evening in memory of those killed. |
| 'Revolutionary confrontation' | 'Revolutionary confrontation' |
| In a statement posted on their website, the Guards said their troops would break up street protests and force protesters from the streets. | In a statement posted on their website, the Guards said their troops would break up street protests and force protesters from the streets. |
| "Be prepared for a resolution and revolutionary confrontation with the Guards, Basij [pro-government militia] and other security forces and disciplinary forces," the Associated Press news agency quoted the Guards as saying. | "Be prepared for a resolution and revolutionary confrontation with the Guards, Basij [pro-government militia] and other security forces and disciplinary forces," the Associated Press news agency quoted the Guards as saying. |
| The clashes are getting bloodier every day Behrooz, student, Tehran | |
| The plain-clothed Basij militia was involved in quelling earlier protests during more than a week of demonstrations against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. | The plain-clothed Basij militia was involved in quelling earlier protests during more than a week of demonstrations against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. |
| The weekend violence led many Iranians to abandon protest plans. One regular protester, a 20-year-old student called Behrooz contacted by the BBC several times in recent days, said he was concerned he would be attacked if he took part. | |
| "My mother went to the demonstration on Saturday. She wasn't hurt, but she saw guards attacking people and hitting them with batons," he said. | |
| "She is the bravest of us all, but I don't think she will go out this afternoon (Sunday), because the clashes are getting bloodier every day." | |
| Media 'vandalism' | |
| Results showed Mr Ahmadinejad won the 12 June election by a landslide, taking 63% of the vote, almost double that of Mir Hossein Mousavi, his nearest rival. | |
| Iran's government insists its election was entirely free and fair | |
| Following complaints, the powerful Guardian Council, which oversees the electoral process, now says it has found evidence that more votes were cast in some constituencies than there were registered voters. | Following complaints, the powerful Guardian Council, which oversees the electoral process, now says it has found evidence that more votes were cast in some constituencies than there were registered voters. |
| But the number had "no effect on the result of the elections", a council spokesman said on Monday. | But the number had "no effect on the result of the elections", a council spokesman said on Monday. |
| Speaking at a news conference, foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi accused Western governments of explicitly backing violent protests aimed at undermining the stability of Iran's Islamic Republic. | |
| "Spreading anarchy and vandalism by Western powers and also Western media... these are not at all accepted," he said. | |
| The BBC and other foreign media have been reporting from Iran under severe restrictions for the past week. The BBC's permanent correspondent in Iran, Jon Leyne, was asked to leave the country on Sunday. |