Categories: Foreign News
June 16, 2009
"Violence erupted at a rally in central Tehran on Tuesday as plainclothes militia beat protesters with sticks," MSNBC is reporting.
Among the tweets about this so far: iranStreetNews notes unconfirmed reports of injuries.
Yesterday, according to the Iranian government, seven people were killed in clashes near the massive protest over results of Friday's presidential election.
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