Ashura Day Protests In Tehran
![An opposition protester holds stones as he faces security forces. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/1f0dfd63-003a-4ec6-b8fa-9bbf9291ada3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An opposition protester holds stones as he faces security forces. (AFP)
![Iranian security forces and protesters square off. (photo by Sara)](https://gdb.rferl.org/3006d155-fd76-4752-989c-230a0b6d89b4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian security forces and protesters square off. (photo by Sara)
![Riot police charge toward opposition supporters in Tehran (photo by Sara)](https://gdb.rferl.org/bb614d6f-e901-486c-af9f-1ee2b973eefc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Riot police charge toward opposition supporters in Tehran (photo by Sara)
![Some of the thousands who reportedly came out to protest in Tehran scatter as a tear-gas canister lands. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/77b3ad51-4ec9-4247-9fa8-3946ce3cf26d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Some of the thousands who reportedly came out to protest in Tehran scatter as a tear-gas canister lands. (AFP)
![Opposition supporters fend off tear gas. (photo by Sara)](https://gdb.rferl.org/6c58617a-ae72-40e9-aa25-0c03be69c1b3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Opposition supporters fend off tear gas. (photo by Sara)
![Clouds of smoke and tear gas billowed around the capital, Tehran (photo by Dara)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c7c962ee-3a65-4259-892d-ab1aaacc0812_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Clouds of smoke and tear gas billowed around the capital, Tehran (photo by Dara)
![Protesters hold a boot, baton, and bulletproof vest apparently taken from a Tehrani police officer. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/ed413d00-83b4-42cb-a155-2269a695b2c0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters hold a boot, baton, and bulletproof vest apparently taken from a Tehrani police officer. (AFP)
![Police fire tear gas toward protesters in the capital. (kosoof.com)](https://gdb.rferl.org/9f2174c6-c9f4-45d0-97d9-1efdca70e91a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police fire tear gas toward protesters in the capital. (kosoof.com)
![Iranian protesters try to staunch the bleeding from a man reportedly shot. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/c5bafd6d-bb98-4641-9d0e-d12ca9a6bfc2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Iranian protesters try to staunch the bleeding from a man reportedly shot. (AFP)
![An injured police officer is helped away from the scene. (AFP)](https://gdb.rferl.org/5dbc5848-28ae-45e3-b80d-727d2c2306ea_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An injured police officer is helped away from the scene. (AFP)
![Opposition websites urged Iranians to keep up the protests overnight. (photo by Dara)](https://gdb.rferl.org/2ce97e64-b07a-4385-ae78-135e8a7b3144_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Opposition websites urged Iranians to keep up the protests overnight. (photo by Dara)