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Police have clashed with opposition supporters during a rally in the Iranian capital, Tehran, reports say. | Police have clashed with opposition supporters during a rally in the Iranian capital, Tehran, reports say. |
Police used tear gas as demonstrators chanted "death to dictators", the reports cited witnesses as saying. | |
Unconfirmed reports circulating in Tehran said police had also fired on opposition supporters. | |
Reformist leaders had urged their supporters to turn out to peaceful rallies to mark 30 years since the seizure of the US embassy in Iran. | |
Thousands of Iranians were said to have turned out at the former US embassy in an anti-American protest for the anniversary. | |
But groups of opposition supporters attempted to launch their own protests, witnesses said. | |
Police were reported to have made several arrests, and to have used batons to disperse protesters. | |
Iran's Revolutionary Guards had previously warned opposition groups not to stage demonstrations on Wednesday. | |
Since June, Iranian opposition supporters have held repeated protests over elections they say were rigged to ensure the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. | |
At least 30 protesters have been killed in clashes and thousands arrested. | |
Some 200 opposition activists remain behind bars. Three have been sentenced to death. | |
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