Iran Demands U.N. Investigation Of U.S. Police Response To #OccupyWallStreet
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(CNSNews.com) — Iranians demonstrated in Tehran on Wednesday in support of the Occupy Wall Street rallies in the United States, which some Iranian leaders are hoping will lead to the downfall of Western capitalism.
Iranian media outlets described the protesters as laborers and said they displayed banners “condemning the suppression of Occupy Wall Street movement and tyranny of Zionist and capitalist system.”
According to an Iranian Students News Agency report, a declaration read at the protest urged the United Nations and human rights groups to investigate the authorities’ response to the protests in U.S. cities and support the demands of “impoverished” American workers.
A similar call came Wednesday from a lawmaker who chairs Iran’s parliamentary human rights committee. Zohre Elahian said in a statement Wednesday that “scenes of the suppression of U.S. protesters are upsetting” and deserve international condemnation
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