Iranian police beat mourners at a memorial service for the 'Angel of Freedom' and turned the country's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi away from the cemetery.
By Damien McElroy
Tear gas and baton charges were used against hundreds of people who had gathered at the grave of a protester, Neda Agha-Soltan, killed during last month's post-election demonstrations.
Two challengers for the position of president were forced to abandon visits to the grave and a mass gathering at a mourning hall in central Tehran was also broken up.
The two events were the first major violence between security forces and demonstrators in three weeks in Iran, after the authorities crushed demonstrations against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election. Rival candidates Mr Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have waged a defiant protest campaign since losing to Ahmadinejad.
Mourners clung to Mr Mousavi's car and chanted: "Mousavi we support you." Read more ...
By Damien McElroy
Tear gas and baton charges were used against hundreds of people who had gathered at the grave of a protester, Neda Agha-Soltan, killed during last month's post-election demonstrations.
Two challengers for the position of president were forced to abandon visits to the grave and a mass gathering at a mourning hall in central Tehran was also broken up.
The two events were the first major violence between security forces and demonstrators in three weeks in Iran, after the authorities crushed demonstrations against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election. Rival candidates Mr Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have waged a defiant protest campaign since losing to Ahmadinejad.
Mourners clung to Mr Mousavi's car and chanted: "Mousavi we support you." Read more ...
Source: Telegraph
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