3/ #Ekbatan has been the site of continued protests over the past 46 days in #Iran
The community in NW #Tehran is eclectic & middle class with young professionals: teachers & doctors. Protests get quite large here although population is around 45,000.
#Ekbatan is causing such a problem for the Islamic Republic that a #Tehran municipal worker said on TV tonight that councillors have decided they are changing the name of the community to shahid something or other.
What’s in a name?
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1/ This is Firas Al Najim. The 38 yr old Toronto resident was arrested yesterday by @YRP & charged with Dangerous Operation of a Motor Vehicle; Flight from Police; Weapons Dangerous. In this video he is threatening #Iranian protesters.👇
2/He was released today from the @YRP station & put out this video; alleging bias and Islamophobia on the part of the police. 👇
3/ Yesterday, Firas Al Najim allegedly drove his car into some #Iranian protesters outside the Imam Mahdi Islamic Centre in #Thornhill. A search of his car by police showed weapons, batons & bear spray in it. 👇