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TEHRAN -- Iranian security forces and paramilitary groups broke up anti-government demonstrations in central Tehran on Monday, using clubs, tear gas and electric batons to disperse crowds outside the University of Tehran, witnesses said.
Security forces and pro-government militiamen clashed with protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University on Monday, beating men and women with batons and firing tear gas, on a day of nationwide student demonstrations, witnesses said.
Reformist cleric Mehdi Karoubi, one of the most outspoken leaders of the Iranian opposition movement, defended student street protests Monday and warned authorities against launching a crackdown.
Hundreds of police have been deployed around Tehran University to prevent planned protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran marks the annual Students Day Monday, witnesses told AFP.
Iran Tuesday saod Somali pirates had hijacked an Iranian fishing vessel and were holding its 29 crew members hostage, state-owned Press TV reported. The vessel was boarded by armed men on Sunday off the coast of the east African nation, Iran’s Deputy...
Protesters clashed with supporters of the Iranian regime for a second straight day Tuesday even as the chief prosecutor threatened to try the main opposition leader and vigilantes briefly besieged his office.
Tehran - Tehran on Tuesday accused the United States of abducting a leading Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing while attending a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in June. We have evidence that the Americans had a role in abducting Shahram Amiri an...
CAIRO — Iranian authorities fought students with tear gas and batons Monday in violent clashes on university campuses, the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months, according to Iranian news accounts and opposition Web sites.
LONDON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The government of Iran should respect the freedom of its citizens and halt the use of forceful measures to quiet dissent, the British foreign secretary said.
Tehran - Police fired tear gas as protests aimed at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were held at several universities in Tehran on Monday, witnesses said. Rallies are held every December 7, Students' Day, to commemorate the deaths of three stud...
Iranian police clashed on Monday with opposition supporters in a central Tehran square, a witness said.
Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months.
An Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia has been "handed over by Riyadh to Washington," Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting Tehran's foreign ministry spokesman.
TEHRAN, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- University students at many Iranian universities held a second day of demonstrations Tuesday, with violent confrontations on many campuses, observers said.
Iran will "show no mercy" toward opposition protesters seen as threatening national security, a judiciary official said on Tuesday, a day after thousands of students staged anti-government rallies.
Iranian riot police have surrounded Tehran University to prevent the opposition from hijacking a state-organized rally on Monday, a witness said.
