Iran says 13 people killed in violent clashes with police

September 12th, 2009 12 German police injured in Hamburg clashesHAMBURG — Police say 12 officers have been injured in clashes with left-wing demonstrators in the German city of Hamburg following a far-right rally. Police spokesman Ralf Meyer says Saturday that 60 people — mostly left-wing activists — were detained in the clashes, which came after a demonstration against the far-right march.

July 30th, 2009 Iraq: 6 Iranian exiles killed in clashes at campBAGHDAD — After two days of denying people died during clashes this week between Iranian exiles and Iraqi security forces, the Iraqi government said Thursday that six people were killed in violence at the camp north of Baghdad. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told The Associated Press that an investigation was under way to determine how the six Iranians died.

July 29th, 2009 BAGHDAD/TEHRAN - Eight people have been killed and more than 455 injured in clashes between Iraqi security forces and an armed Iranian rebel group in northwesten Iraq, authorities said Wednesday. Abdel-Nasser al-Mahdawi, Governor of Iraq's northeastern Diyala province, told reporters that eight members of the People's Mujahidin of Iran (PMOI) organisation were killed and at least 425 others were injured Tuesday in clashes between the group and Iraqi policemen at Camp Ashraf, the group's base in Iraq.

July 21st, 2009 Military: 50 die in clashes in northwest PakistanPESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan's military says more than 50 militants and three soldiers have been killed in two days of clashes in the country's restive northwest. Frontier Corps spokesman Maj.

July 11th, 2009 19 militants killed in Afghan clashesKABUL — Afghan police and coalition forces killed 19 suspected militants in two separate clashes in southern Afghanistan, while four Afghan guards were killed near the capital, officials said Saturday. The militants died in two clashes in Uruzgan's Charchino district Friday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

June 28th, 2009 TEHRAN - Police used teargas against thousands of supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi during a mourning march Sunday in central Tehran, eyewitnesses said. Eyewitnesses said police used teargas after clashes between them and demonstrators.

June 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has said that prospects for a dialogue with Iran have been dampened by the brutal government crackdown on the opposition following the nation's disputed presidential election. Addressing a joint news conference at the White House Friday after a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama called for an end to the deadly attacks against Iranians.

June 21st, 2009 Iran says several people killed in violent clashesTEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state television says several people were killed when "rioters" attacked a mosque in western Tehran. The report was the first confirmation of deaths during violent clashes Saturday between police and supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims he won the June 12 presidential election.

June 21st, 2009 TEHRAN - While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued to ignore the protests against the outcome of the June 12 presidential elections, state television reported Sunday that at least 10 people were killed in Saturday's clashes. The news network Khabar quoted the police as saying that at least 10 were killed and several injured in the unrests.

June 21st, 2009 Austria: Vigil held for Iranian victimsVIENNA — At least a thousand people have held a vigil in support of Iranian opposition protesters and victims of the country's regime. The participants, many of Iranian origin, sang folk songs and laid candles and flowers on the steps of Austria's parliament.

June 21st, 2009 TEHRAN - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday said that western countries should keep away from Iran's domestic issues, the country's ISNA news agency reported. "Definitely, you would not be placed inside Iranians' circle of friendship with such hasty comments.

June 17th, 2009 Iran accuses US of interference in election feudTEHRAN, Iran — Iran has accused the United States of "intolerable" meddling in its internal affairs, alleging for the first time that Washington has fueled a bitter post-election dispute. A state television channel in Iran says the government summoned the Swiss ambassador, who represents U.S.

June 17th, 2009 Mogadishu police chief among 8 killed in clashesMOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu on Wednesday, triggering battles that killed at least eight people, including the capital's police chief, witnesses and police said. Residents cowered in their homes or took cover behind buildings as mortars slammed into the city.

June 1st, 2009 5 killed in Iran arson attack on bankTEHRAN, Iran — Iran state media has reported that five people are dead in an arson attack in a restive southeastern city where 25 died in a mosque bombing last week. The report on Web site of the state-owned English language Press TV said the arson attack was on Mehr Financial and Credit institute.

May 29th, 2009 Iran blames US, Israel for deadly mosque bombingTEHRAN, Iran — Iran blamed the U.S. and Israel on Friday for a bombing in a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran that killed 25 people, saying the countries were trying to stoke sectarian tension with the Sunni Muslim minority.