BBC in Tehran sees authorities’s ‘political reply’ to protests


Authorities in Iran have placed on a present of energy to mark the forty seventh anniversary of the Islamic revolution, weeks after they used unprecedented pressure to place down anti-government protests.

The BBC is visiting Tehran for the primary time because the crackdown, throughout which not less than 6,490 protesters have been killed throughout the nation, in line with human rights activists.

The BBC’s chief worldwide correspondent Lyse Doucet says the bunting lining the capital’s streets and huge crowds of presidency supporters embody the picture of the nation the federal government desires to see on the streets: Iranians popping out to indicate their help for the Islamic Republic and the revolution.

Our correspondent is reporting from Tehran provided that none of her materials is used on the BBC’s Persian Service. These restrictions apply to all worldwide media organisations working in Iran.

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