The BBC reports:

Unverified photos of one of the dead protesters, after the jump:

Another posted by Mojtaba Samienejad:

And a fresh update from Scott Lucas:

1025 GMT: Reformist websites are now confirming the 4th death. Reliable sources says a 5th person has been killed outside Amir Kabir University.

The first footage to surface today:

Enduring America, Daily Nite Owl, and IranNewsNow are constantly updating with new details. There are already unconfirmed reports of dead protesters:

3 martyrs, 3 wounded, and scores injured by the police and basij attakcs in Tehran

The news re 3 ppl getting shot is confirmed now

Body of a middle age man was taken from people by basiji forces.

1 of the mrtyrs was killed b/c batons hitting his head severely. Ppl "hand surfed" the martyr 2 ValiAsr intersec

"So once again, we have the U.S. government, as in the case of the Fort Hood attacks, knowing about someone, knowing that they were suspicious, but that information didn't get to the right people in time," – Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism czar.

More videos are emerging. Here's one of honking cars, which were attacked by Baseej, according to several press reports:

DNO reports:

Because of protesters, traffic on Azadi Avenue was very slow today. As drivers started to honk their horns, plainclothesmen attacked many of them in order to stop the noise. According to reports, many cars’ windows were broken. In some instances, plainclothesmen would drag drivers out of their vehicles and beat them on the streets for honking their horns. In recent months, honking car horns on protest days has become another symbol of the Green Movement.

More raw footage here. One more note:

In Tehran, a new chant is being heard: “Tehran has become Karbala!” (Karbala is an Iraqi city where Imam Hossein and 72 of his family members and followers were massacred in the 7th century A.D. In the Islamic calendar, the day falls tomorrow.)

The NYT reports on nation-wide revolt and brutal suppression:

Government forces also attacked cars whose drivers had honked in support of the protesters, and smashed their windows. Many vehicles’ license plates were taken away.

“They beat up people relentlessly although many were in mourning groups for Imam Hussein,” said a witness, who spoke via Skype on the condition of anonymity. “I saw many people with bloody noses or limping away. It was clear that they particularly targeted women and savagely beat them.”

My own paper, the Sunday Times, relays reports that journalists are also being attacked:

The opposition Jaras website claimed security forces had attacked a building housing Isna, an Iranian news agency, where it said some demonstrators had sought shelter during the clashes. An eyewitness said at least two people were injured when police chased after protesters into the building.

“They fractured the skull of one Isna person and badly beat up another employee,” the witness said. Isna’s news service appeared to be working normally and it later issued a report on the incident, saying one of its reporters had been injured without specifying who was to blame.

They live increasingly under a military dictatorship. Unless they can find a way to bring it down.

As expected, Ashura is bringing Iranians onto the streets. From Jamaran, via DailyNightOwl:

As Khatami speaks, the thugs from the coup regime surround the meeting hall and chaos erupts. Pray for the people of Iran. This is yet another moment of great trial, requiring great courage:

The trust-fund Islamist terrorist, we are now told, was barred from re-entering Britain he was such an obvious threat:

He attempted to return to Britain for a six-month course in May this year but was refused by officials from the UK Border Agency.

“He was refused entry on grounds that he was applying to study at an educational establishment that we didn’t consider to be genuine,” a Whitehall official said.

But the US, despite being warned by the religious nutjob's own father, let him in. Who decided he was not a risk? Who ignored these obvious danger signs? When will Obama fire someone for this?

Eight years after 9/11 and still the US is asleep at the wheel.

A classic from the Times of India:

After sex sting, AP governor Tiwari ejects prematurely

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