June 20-21, 2009: Youth Radio received more messages from Bani in Iran as she continues to particpate in protests and marches.

People gathered peacefully and were met on each street corner by hundreds of riot police and Bassiji militias.  We were all beaten violently.  There are reports of many killed by gunfire.  Having escaped the beatings, I hid in a store with other people, and waited for the police to leave.  Then tried to make my way home, but with police on every corner, beating shamelessly with no discretion and charging bystanders, I had to hide a second time in another store, where the owners pulled down the metal curtain, protecting us for about 15 minutes.

Bani wrote that many were injured or killed during these beatings, which is no longer an uncommon sight in Iran. She sent along this video to show us the current state of affairs in Tehran.

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