Iran appears in unrest following Egypt
Hundreds of riot police officers in Iran beat protesters and fired tear gas Monday to contain the most significant street protests since the end of the 2009 uprising there, as security forces around the region moved — sometimes brutally — to prevent new unrest in sympathy with the opposition victory in Egypt.
In the capital of Tehran, one person was killed and two injured from the violence, the pro-government Fars news agency and human rights groups said. Protests there and in the city of Shiraz in southwest Iran lasted until near midnight.
The size of the protests in Iran was unclear. Witness accounts and news reports from inside the country suggested that perhaps 20,000 to 30,000 demonstrators in several cities defied strong warnings and took to the streets.