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Fierce Clashes Break Out in Tehran
DUBAI -- Clashes between opposition protesters and Iranian
authorities erupted Sunday in Tehran, with unconfirmed reports that
four protesters – including the nephew of Iranian opposition leader Mir
Hossein Mousavi – were killed in fighting.
The clashes erupted despite a heavy deployment early in the day of
police and other security forces around the capital, according to
opposition Web sites. Authorities had braced for large-scale protests
marking the culmination Sunday of an important Shiite Muslim
commemoration.
The aide to Mr. Mousavi said the nephew, Ali Mousavi, died of wounds
in a hospital on Sunday, the Associated Press reported. The aide spoke
on condition of anonymity because of fears of reprisals from the
government. A reformist Web site, Parlemannews.ir, also said Mr.
Mousavi's nephew was killed..
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