Sporadic protests rock Iran

WILD clashes between students seeking an end to Islamic rule and hardline vigilantes subsided in Tehran yesterday, but sporadic violence was reported elsewhere in the country with one person being reported killed in a southern city.

Protester Ali Moini was reportedly killed late on Friday night in Shiraz, 550 miles south of Tehran, the daily Nasim-e-Saba reported yesterday.

His death came after vigilantes who pledge loyalty to Iran's supreme ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attacked a demonstration held in support of the Tehran protests, the paper said. Security forces reportedly arrested 80 people.