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WORLD NEWS - BBC - Thousands of protesters rallying in Tehran to demand a new presidential election
Tehran rocked by suicide bomb attack as riot police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters
By David Williams
Last updated at 6:13 PM on 20th June 2009
A suicide bomber has attacked the Tehran a shrine to Ayatollah Khomeini, killing one person and wounding two others.
The first reports of the blast came from bloggers on Twitter, who immediately claimed it would be used by the regime to impose martial law.
Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters rallying in Tehran to demand a new presidential election, witnesses have reported.
The BBC's Persian news service broadcast footage which appeared to show a full-scale riot. Cars were set alight and gunshots could be heard throughout the six-minute clip.
Demonstrators gathered in central Tehran in open defiance of the cleric-led government. Some 3,000 protesters chanted 'Death to the dictator!' and 'Death to dictatorship!' near Revolution Square in central Tehran.
MORE HERE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1193793/Evil-Britain-Irans-religious-leader-accuses-UK-stirring-unrest-election-quashing-hopes-recount.html
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By David Williams
Last updated at 6:13 PM on 20th June 2009
A suicide bomber has attacked the Tehran a shrine to Ayatollah Khomeini, killing one person and wounding two others.
The first reports of the blast came from bloggers on Twitter, who immediately claimed it would be used by the regime to impose martial law.
Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters rallying in Tehran to demand a new presidential election, witnesses have reported.
The BBC's Persian news service broadcast footage which appeared to show a full-scale riot. Cars were set alight and gunshots could be heard throughout the six-minute clip.
Demonstrators gathered in central Tehran in open defiance of the cleric-led government. Some 3,000 protesters chanted 'Death to the dictator!' and 'Death to dictatorship!' near Revolution Square in central Tehran.
MORE HERE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1193793/Evil-Britain-Irans-religious-leader-accuses-UK-stirring-unrest-election-quashing-hopes-recount.html
Video: We The People Stimulus Package - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYscnFpEyA
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