Thursday marks the 31st anniversary of Iran’s Islamic Revolution. Iranians gathered in Tehran to hear President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announce the expansion of Iran’s nuclear program while others showed their disapproval of Ahmadinejad's regime in violent clashes with police.

Once again the breaking news is reaching the mainstream through social networking sites like Facebook. Iranians have posted updates on their pages saying that militia members beat the wife of opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi with batons. Opposition leaders have been prevented from getting near Azadi Square in Tehran where President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is addressing his supporters.

CNN reports that in the chaos members of the Basij, the paramilitary force loyal to Iran's hard-line leadership, have been attacked by militia members. CNN quotes Mohammad-Taghi Karrubi son of one the leaders of the Basij about the attack his father faced from militia members.

"The guards attacked and the crowds came to him. When the crowds started to come, and surrounded him, again the guards attacked with tear gas, tear as well as the batons and different kinds of weapons against the people. And unfortunately my father received very bad gas tears and his face is burned,"