Stratfor reports a bomb blast, a suicide bomber according to state media, in Iran the day after Khamenei warned that “terrorist plots” are associated with protests against his regime:

A bomb blast near the mausoleum of Islamic Republic of Iran founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, located in southern Tehran, has left one person dead and at least two others wounded June 20. It is not clear who was behind the blast but the authorities will use this incident to engage in a wider crackdown…

the blast comes a day after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave a rare Friday prayer sermon, in which he said, “Street demonstrations are a target for terrorist plots. Who would be responsible if something happened?” This statement and the fact that the original reports of the blast came from state media make the explosion a suspicious development which may have been engineered by the security establishment

Meanwhile, only 3000 people gathered to get clobbered or killed by the police and Basij at a demonstration. Police beat people trying to get to the protest. Kristallnacht seems more disciplined than this: “”From Iran: I am home since 10 minute and Basij forces and police were killing young people like animals”…

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