The violent clashes between riot police and protesters occurred Monday in the Iranian capital, Tehran, killing one person, a local news agency reported.

Thousands of people were called by opposition leaders to show their solidarity with the riots took place recently in Tunisia and Egypt.

For its part, U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, expressed support for the demonstrators and asked the government of Iran to reform its political system.
Amnesty International criticized the Iranian authorities to unseal a demonstration without a permit in Tehran on Monday and arrested dozens of protesters, said that the aim of the crackdown is to prevent the work of activists and silence the opposition.

Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, Said the Iranians have the right to assemble peacefully to express their support for the people of Egypt and Tunisia."

"The authorities responsible for maintaining public security but this is not an excuse to ban the protests of those who chose to exercise this right and Resolution."

It was reported that protests were organized in other cities across Iran, including Isfahan, Shiraz and Kermanshah. And Amnesty International said that the demonstration comes on a wave of preventive detention, which included many political activists and others over the past few days.

相關(guān)中文報(bào)道：

埃及示威的沖擊波繼續(xù)在中東蔓延。昨天，數(shù)百名伊朗人在首都德黑蘭街頭舉行游行，聲援在埃及和突尼斯的抗議活動，但是其活動遭到了警察和安全部隊(duì)的限制。同日在巴林也爆發(fā)了以年輕人為主的抗議活動，抗議者與警察發(fā)生沖突。也門的示威者也與政府支持者發(fā)生沖突。各種跡象表明，已經(jīng)讓兩位總統(tǒng)下臺的中東民主化運(yùn)動的影響仍在持續(xù)。

昨天在伊朗的游行由反對派領(lǐng)袖穆薩維和卡魯比牽頭。他們在上周利用伊朗政府積極支持埃及抗議活動的機(jī)會向內(nèi)政部提出游行申請，結(jié)果遭到拒絕。不過反對派勢力決定無視政府禁令，在本周一仍然按原計(jì)劃示威?，F(xiàn)場目擊者表示，在德黑蘭著名的自由廣場，數(shù)百名抗議者舉行抗議活動，現(xiàn)場數(shù)百名防暴警察發(fā)射了催淚瓦斯。同日在伊朗中部城市伊斯法罕也舉行了數(shù)百人的抗議活動。

在游行開始前，伊朗內(nèi)政部長表示抗議者們的行為是非法的，而在上周反對派提出游行申請之后，伊朗政府就加強(qiáng)了對卡魯比通信和行動自由的限制。游行當(dāng)日，穆薩維被伊朗安全部隊(duì)限制出行。

正在伊朗訪問的土耳其總統(tǒng)居爾呼吁所有中東政府都應(yīng)該聽從人民的召喚?！坝袝r(shí)當(dāng)政府不聽從人民的呼吁時(shí)，人民就自己采取行動實(shí)現(xiàn)其訴求?！本訝栐谂c伊朗總統(tǒng)內(nèi)賈德共同出席一個(gè)記者招待會時(shí)這樣說道。

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