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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 had "sought to disperse about 200-300 people" planning to demonstrate in Enghelab square as part of a Shia festival. | |
| Tensions have risen since influential dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri died a week ago aged 87. | Tensions have risen since influential dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri died a week ago aged 87. |
| 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 religious 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. | Opponents of Mr Ahmadinejad insist there was massive rigging when he was re-elected in June - a charge he rejects. |
| ANALYSIS Saeed Barzin, BBC Monitoring, Iran media analyst | |
| This was expected to happen - opposition websites have been agitating, calling on people to come onto the streets for these particular days, although the opposition leaders have not issued statements calling on people to come onto the streets. | |
| Nevertheless we are seeing people taking risks to join the demonstrations. | |
| The police are trying to take the initiative early in the day, prevent the crowds from building up and keeping crowds in neighbourhoods, localising the situation; the police commander has said they will be firm but they will try to use minimal force against protesters. | |
| Unconfirmed reports on reformist websites said there were protests in several areas of Tehran, and that government forces were using tear gas to try to disperse demonstrators. | |
| A witness quoted by Reuters news agency said opposition supporters had gathered in groups along a stretch of a main city centre route several kilometres long, but that police were not letting them join each other. | |
| Iran's former pro-reform President, Muhammad Khatami, is expected to speak at a Shia gathering in Tehran this evening. | |
| Shia religious festivals on 26-27 December mark the death of a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th Century. | |
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