Latest: Clashes in Iran between security forces and protesters leave 10 people dead

Armed protesters tried to overrun military bases and police stations in Iran before security forces repelled them, killing 10 people, state television has reported.

Latest: Clashes in Iran between security forces and protesters leave 10 people dead

Update 10.30pm: Armed protesters tried to overrun military bases and police stations in Iran before security forces repelled them, killing 10 people, state television has reported.

Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency said an assailant using a hunting rifle killed a policeman and wounded three other officers during a demonstration in the central city of Najafabad, about 200 miles south of Tehran.

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