With the situation in Iran changing in a matter of seconds it’s hard for the press to confirm stories coming to the surface.  Keeping that in mind the Guardian couldn’t verify that this is truly the case, but if it is… we are talking about truly adding insult to injury.

Iranian officials have kicked Neda Agha Soltan’s family out of their home in Tehran.  Yes, I kid you not. Officials kicked them out after the pictures of Neda showed the world what was really going on in the country and Neda became the symbol of the potential revolution.

How worried were the police about drawing attention to the situation – so much so they forbid the family to display any signs of mourning.  No funeral.  No black banner.  No ceremony of any type.

Amid scenes of grief in the Soltan household with her father and mother screaming, neighbours not only from their building but from others in the area streamed out to protest at her death. But the police moved in quickly to quell any public displays of grief. They arrived as soon as they found out that a friend of Soltan had come to the family flat.

In accordance with Persian tradition, the family had put up a mourning announcement and attached a black banner to the building.

But the police took them down, refusing to allow the family to show any signs of mourning. The next day they were ordered to move out. Since then, neighbours have received suspicious calls warning them not to discuss her death with anyone and not to make any protest.

All I know is this… This is the proverbial powder keg. The stories I hear coming out of Iran are more and more aggressive, more disturbing. From the lethal force utilized on protesters to the treatment of the families of the dead, this is all really starting to build to a breaking point. Either something major happens in the direction of the protesters very soon or the government crushes their will and the events are never spoken about again in public.  I just fear the government will crush – no erase – the protesters from the pages of history.

After a quiet day of protests yesterday, it appears the situation has heated up once again in Iran – Specifically in Baharestan Square. Check out the live blogging notes, pictures and video:

>The streets, squares and around BAHARESTAN (Approx. South-eastern of Tehran) is swarming with military forces, civilian forces, the security motorists

>Political prisoners and jurnalists were taken to critical condition in 209 Evin, washington times’s jurnalist was arrest!

>The military plain clothes have entered the crowd with high speed on bikes, they are beating people with cable and batons, almost everyone in the crowd is injured, there is blood everywhere!

>In Baharestan we saw militia with axe choping people like meat – blood everywhere – like butcher

>All shops and Passages are closed at Baharestan SQ, Gunshot being heard from Jomhori St

If any of this is true, the situation on the ground is unimaginable. It would also explain why Iran has been pushing the media out of the country – so the government could do whatever it wishes without the world watching. Also check out Tehran Bureau for updates.

UPDATE #1: Here is a transcript of an eyewitness account of Baharestan Square. Remember, the situation is fluid – most is unconfirmed – but it’s apparent something of note is going on.

UPDATE #2: Apparently the Iranian prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, Saeed Motazavi, is now in charge of the crack down on protesters. He was also the man who oversaw the arrest and trial of Roxana Saberi, the American-Iranian journalist sentenced to eight years for spying.

UPDATE #3: Andrew Sullivan has a few quotes about the situation in the Square, also points out that far right candidate Mohsen Rezaie is no longer contesting the vote due to “political, social and security”.