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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Shots fired at huge Iran protest

Shots have been fired at a rally in Iran where hundreds of thousands of people were demonstrating against the result of last week's election.

Unconfirmed reports said one protester was killed and several more were hurt when security forces opened fire.

The crowd had been addressed by beaten candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who believes the vote was fixed in favour of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Mr Ahmadinejad has dismissed the claims and says the vote was fair.

The BBC's Jon Leyne, in Tehran, says Monday's rally was the biggest demonstration in the Islamic republic's 30-year history and described it as a "political earthquake".

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 15th, 2009 at 02:13:33 PM EST
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More newsworthy is how FEW shots were apparently fired.  I heard reports that said the protestors were chanting "Thank You" to the police for not attacking them.  Video of this will likely turn up soon enough.
by paving on Mon Jun 15th, 2009 at 03:08:48 PM EST
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