The Ekbatan residential complex in west Tehran resembled a war zone late Monday as Iranian security forces took aim at apartments with bullets, tear gas and stun grenades, according to videos posted online by monitoring groups.
Riot police and paramilitary hard-line Basij forces raided the middle-class district to shut down protest shouts from windows. Nightly chanting has been trending as an alternative and safer form of protest at a time when government forces are pressing ahead with a lethal crackdown on street demonstrations that began after the death of Mahsa Amini in custody of religious police Sept. 16.
