Home
News
In Focus
Business
Metro
Nation
World
Sports
Feature
Opinion
View more »Opinion Columns
Wan LixinOpinion deputy editor of Shanghai Daily
Restaurants get off to a quick start thanks to game-changing policies
High service charges on event ticket refunds call for further regulation
Sunday
- Subscribe
Related News
Bomber kills self at shrine in Tehran
Source: Agencies |
June 21, 2009, Sunday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up near the shrine of Iran's revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran yesterday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
"A few minutes ago a suicide bomber blew himself up at the shrine," Mehr quoted a police official, Hossein Sajedinia, as saying.
Two other people were wounded in the incident in the northern wing of the shrine, another news agency, Fars, said.
Iran's English-language Press TV also said police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators at Tehran's Enghelab square.
Also yesterday, Iran's highest legislative body said it was ready to recount a tenth of the votes in a disputed presidential election and riot police were deployed in force to foil another planned protest rally in Tehran.
A police commander said that his forces would deal firmly with any further street protests over the vote.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told protest leaders on Friday that they would be responsible for any bloodshed if rallies continued against the election, which he said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won fairly by 11 million votes.
The Etemad-e Melli party of losing candidate Mehdi Karoubi said plans for a 4pm rally had been scrapped for lack of a permit.
"Because of not obtaining permission, the rally today has been cancelled," a party spokesman said.
Election runner-up Mirhossein Mousavi has demanded the election be annulled and held again.
The 12-man Guardian Council, which must certify the result of the election, announced plans for a partial recount.
"Although the Guardian Council is not legally obliged ... we are ready to recount 10 percent of the (ballot) boxes randomly in the presence of representatives of the three (defeated) candidates," a council spokesman said yesterday.
"A few minutes ago a suicide bomber blew himself up at the shrine," Mehr quoted a police official, Hossein Sajedinia, as saying.
Two other people were wounded in the incident in the northern wing of the shrine, another news agency, Fars, said.
Iran's English-language Press TV also said police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators at Tehran's Enghelab square.
Also yesterday, Iran's highest legislative body said it was ready to recount a tenth of the votes in a disputed presidential election and riot police were deployed in force to foil another planned protest rally in Tehran.
A police commander said that his forces would deal firmly with any further street protests over the vote.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told protest leaders on Friday that they would be responsible for any bloodshed if rallies continued against the election, which he said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had won fairly by 11 million votes.
The Etemad-e Melli party of losing candidate Mehdi Karoubi said plans for a 4pm rally had been scrapped for lack of a permit.
"Because of not obtaining permission, the rally today has been cancelled," a party spokesman said.
Election runner-up Mirhossein Mousavi has demanded the election be annulled and held again.
The 12-man Guardian Council, which must certify the result of the election, announced plans for a partial recount.
"Although the Guardian Council is not legally obliged ... we are ready to recount 10 percent of the (ballot) boxes randomly in the presence of representatives of the three (defeated) candidates," a council spokesman said yesterday.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
