Iranian Ashura Protests Turn Violent

Fire in the Streets
Iranian men take a policeman away to a safe place after he was beaten by angry protesters during fierce clashes in central Tehran on Dec. 27, 2009. Police opened fire on a demonstration in Tehran, killing at least four people, including Ali Mousavi, the nephew of former presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, according to witnesses.

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