TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police clashed on Wednesday with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi who had gathered in a Tehran street as the country marks the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy.
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police clashed on Wednesday with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi who had gathered in a Tehran street as the country marks the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy.
"Police clashed with hundreds of protesters. They were chanting 'Death to dictators'. Police used batons to disperse them," a witness said.
Opposition leaders Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi had urged their supporters to take to the streets to stage protests against the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
"There are hundreds, chanting 'God is greatest'. Police and Basij militia are outnumbering the protesters," the witness said.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards and its allied Basij militia have warned the opposition to avoid using any anti-U.S. rally to revive protests against the clerical establishment after June's disputed presidential election which Ahmadinejad won.