Clashes in Tehran
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More than 15 killed in Tehran clashes
Iranian State TV says 10 fatalities were 'members of anti-revolutionary terrorist groups,' five others 'killed by terrorists'
One day after the terrible clashed in Tehran, the Iranian government reports its version of the events: Iranian state television said Monday that more than 15 people were killed in riots which rocked the Islamic Republic's capital, of whom more than 10 were members of "anti-revolutionary terrorist" groups.
The other five who died during Sunday's fierce clashes in the Iranian capital were killed by "terrorist groups," the report said, without elaborating.
Riots
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Iranian reformist websites said on Sunday that security forces killed a nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi while police confirmed that five people died during the massive anti-government rallies in Tehran.
Key opposition figure Ebrahim Yazdi, who served as foreign minister at the start of the 1979 Islamic revolution, has been arrested at his home, the Rahesabz website reported on Monday.
Yazdi, secretary general of the outlawed but tolerated Iran Freedom Movement, "was arrested at home and taken to an unknown place early Monday morning by security agents," the website said.
"He was summoned to an intelligence ministry office (last) Monday but did not go," it added, without elaborating.
