Arrest of Mashhad Protestors Against Bahrain Killings

April 10, 2011

50 protestors have been arrested close to the Saudi Arabian consulate in Mashhad. According to Alef News, students, clerics, and other social groups of Mashhad were protesting Saudi Arabia’s military invasion of Bahrain when security forces ambushed them and arrested more than 50 people.

The protest took place in front of the Imam Sajjad Mosque when officers riding special motorcycles surrounded them. The protest peacefully ended in prayer and salawat after one hour. The protestors then marched towards the Saudi Arabian consulate located at the end of Sajjad Boulevard, chanting “Allah Akbar!” and “There is no God but God!”

While the Chief of Khorasan Province Police as well as Iranian Revolutionary Guard Command Special Units were in the area, the Special Unit motorcyclists attacked the marching protestors at the end of Sajjad Boulevard, dispersing the crowd using pepper spray and electric shock batons and arrested more than 50 people. According to a reliable source, some of these individuals’ cases have been introduced to the Revolutionary Court.

Following two previous protests, the Saudi Arabian consulate in Mashhad has withheld from issuing Hajj-Umrah visas. According to a source, the Saudis complained to the Governor of Khorasan Province, threatening to stop issuing Hajj-Umrah visas should the protests in front of the consulate continue.

 

 

 

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