Hundreds of demonstrators protesting against shortages of drinking water in southwestern Iran have clashed with police, local media report.
The state-run IRNA news agency said the protesters gathered on June 30 in the city of Khorramshahr, some 650 kilometers from Tehran, chanting slogans against the Iranian authorities.
It said police fired tear gas late in the day as protesters threw rocks and garbage at officers.
Some unrest continued into the night, the agency reported.
Shots could be heard on videos circulated on social media from the protests in the port city that has been the scene of recent demonstrations, along with the nearby city of Abadan.
مخاطبان رادیوفردا با ارسال ویدئوهایی از #خرمشهر از ادامه اعتراض‌ها به وضعیت #آب در این شهر، درگیری معترضان با ماموران نیروی انتظامی و شلیک گاز اشک‌اور خبر دادند. در این ویدئوها صدای شلیک گلوله هم شنیده می‌شود.رادیوفردا نمی‌تواند به طور مستقل زمان و مکان این ویدئوها را تایید کند. pic.twitter.com/qLFkVuvfsh
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The authenticity of the videos could not be confirmed.
State television reported on July 1 that "peace had returned" to Khorramshahr and an unspecified number of protesters had been arrested. It also said that some demonstrators carried firearms.
Officials were quoted as saying that one civilian and several police officers were injured in the violence.
A number of protests have broken out in Iran since the beginning of the year over the lack of drinkable water.
On June 20 and 23, hundreds of residents of Abadan held rallies in front of the governor's office and outside the offices of the city's water and sewage system.
Officials in Khuzestan Province have promised to end the water shortage in Abadan and Khorramshahr in a few weeks, after a new water transmission pipeline becomes fully operational.
Critics say mismanagement by the authorities, combined with years of drought, has led to a drop in rivers' water levels and the groundwater levels in the oil-rich province.
The protests in Khorramshahr also came after three days of demonstrations in Tehran starting from June 24 over the country's troubled economy.
The rallies included protesters confronting police outside parliament and officers firing tear gas at the demonstrators.
They also led to the temporary closure of the city's Grand Bazaar, where shopkeepers denounced a sharp fall in the value of the national currency, the rial.