IRAN: Video footage from lead-up to planned opposition rally

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Dramatic video footage has emerged from Iran, where the political opposition is planning to hold protests on Monday despite warnings from the authorities.

The clip above, said to have been filmed in Tehran’s Ghasr Square on Monday, shows a person sitting on a crane high up in the sky while what appears to be security forces are positioned nearby on the rooftop of a building.

Unconfirmed reports said the person mounted on the crane was a woman chanting anti-government slogans who threatened to commit suicide. A portrait of Iranian martyrs is said to be the item seen hanging from the crane in the video.

In the video below, supposedly filmed in Tehran on Sunday night, people are heard shouting Allahu Akbar, God is Great, and anti-government slogans from what appears to be rooftops of buildings.

-- Alexandra Sandels in Beirut

Video credit: YouTube