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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/one-killed-in-iran-demonstrations.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Iranian protesters attend an anti-government protest in Tehran (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-one-killed-in-iran-demonstrations.jpg" alt="Iranian protesters attend an anti-government protest in Tehran (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Clashes between Iranian police and tens of thousands of protesters have wracked central Tehran, killing one person, as opposition supporters tried to evoke the spirit of Egypt&#8217;s popular uprising.</p>
<p>The opposition called for a demonstration in solidarity with Egypt&#8217;s revolt that forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign after nearly 30 years in office. The rally is the first major show of strength for Iran&#8217;s cowed opposition in more than a year.</p>
<p>Police used tear gas against the protesters in central Tehran&#8217;s Enghelab (Revolution) Square and in Imam Hossein Square, as well as in other nearby main streets. Demonstrators responded by setting bins on fire to protect themselves from the stinging white clouds.</p>
<p>The pro-government Fars News Agency reported that a bystander was shot dead at the hands of protesters.</p>
<p>Eyewitnesses said at least three protesters injured by bullets were taken to a hospital in central Tehran while dozens of others were taken to hospital with severe wounds as a result of being beaten.</p>
<p>&#8220;Death to the dictator,&#8221; demonstrators chanted, directed at hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.</p>
<p>Security forces on motorcycles could also be seen chasing protesters through the streets, according to eyewitnesses.</p>
<p>Fars, which is linked to the Revolutionary Guard, Iran&#8217;s most powerful military force, called protesters &#8220;hypocrites, monarchists, ruffians and seditionists,&#8221; and ridiculed them for not chanting any slogans about Egypt as they had originally promised.</p>
<p>The agency added that an unspecified number of protesters were arrested and handed over to police and security officials.</p>
<p>Opposition website kaleme.com reported that similar rallies took place in the central city of Isfahan and Shiraz in the south. Security forces used force to disperse them as well.</p>
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