Istanbul, Turkey - Mir Hossein Mousavi, the defeated opposition candidate who is contesting presidential election results, called for a day of mourning on Thursday for those killed during massive – and, lately, largely peaceful – street demonstrations.
As Iran's protesters have been finding out this week, among the most dangerous men prowling the streets of Tehran are armed intelligence agents and pro-government vigilantes wearing everyday clothes.
When clashes erupt between riot police and protesters, these provocateurs materialize from nowhere to take part in the fight – brandishing pistols, knives, and clubs – before disappearing again.
But during the six days of protests that have rocked Tehran and a number of other cities over the contested election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, these violent actions have been caught on film and are being put online in a name-and-shame attempt to stop them.
"We are now identifying them, one by one,
this really scares them," says an Iranian source in Tehran familiar with the website http://lebasshakhsi.blogspot.com which has posted photographs of individual agents and posts any information the public shares about them
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