Iran Police Clash With 3K Protesters

Riot police clashed with up to 3,000 protesters near a mosque in north Tehran today, using tear gas and truncheons to break up Iran's first post-election demonstration in 5 days. Witnesses told the AP that some protesters fought back, chanting: "Where is my vote?" They said others described scenes of brutality—including the alleged police beating of an elderly woman—in the clashes around the Ghoba Mosque.

The reports could not be independently verified right away because of tight restrictions imposed on journalists in Iran. North Tehran is a base of support for opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has alleged massive fraud in Iran's disputed June 12 presidential election and insists he—not President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad—is the rightful winner. (More Iran stories.)