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| Renewed clashes reported in Iran | Renewed clashes reported in Iran |
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| Iranian security forces and opposition activists have clashed in the centre of the capital Tehran, reformist websites and witnesses report. | Iranian security forces and opposition activists have clashed in the centre of the capital Tehran, reformist websites and witnesses report. |
| AFP news agency said police "sought to disperse about 200-300 people" planning to demonstrate in Enghelab square as part of a Shia Muslim festival. | |
| Tensions have risen since influential dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri died a week ago. | Tensions have risen since influential dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri died a week ago. |
| Clashes were reported after his funeral in Qom and in other cities since then. | |
| Police chief Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam was quoted as warning that police would crack down hard against any attempts to use Shia processions to stage fresh protests against the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. | |
| Opponents of Mr Ahmadinejad insist there was massive rigging when he was re-elected in June - a charge he rejects. |