23.06.2009 - day in  in TEHRAN

(mailed to Guardian)

The streets were full of armed guards, they were not normal police although the police were helping them. They were ordering people to go home. By the afternoon they threw tear gas in our streets.

They banged on doors, and ordered all the people watching from the windows to go back inside. They also hit those that were filming with their mobile phones.

They broke down a door, and started hitting one guy inside his house. Our neighbour who was just standing on the corner of street was arrested without any reason.

The people are very afraid.