| Of course they do. They're thugs, and we are their worst nightmare ... |
President Barack Obama had specifically said he was avoiding being seen as meddling, saying it was "not productive, given the history of US-Iranian relations."
| And you can see how well that worked. It's far better to take a stand because you're going to be blamed anyways ... |
The protests are turning into an outlet for the myriad frustrations of Iranians, beyond rejecting the election result. State news services reported that the Revolutionary Guards had acted against "deviant news sites" backed by the US, Britain, and Canada that were encouraging unrest.
Grainy footage showed protesters carrying a wounded comrade as they raced from a clash. Another scene show a young man with a bleeding arm, and others rushing to bandage him.
The magnitude of the protests have prompted Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei -- who will reportedly give the sermon himself at this week's Friday prayers -- to call for calm.