Clashes between security forces and protesters reported in Iran
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CNN - Reza Sayah - 2 hours ago
Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Tehran residents reported pockets of protests and clashes with security forces Tuesday on the streets of the Iranian capital. ...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/01/iran.opposition.arrests/

Iran forces fire teargas at protesters: pro-reform websites

Reuters Canada - Peter Graff - ‎2 hours ago‎

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian security forces fired teargas and clashed with anti-government protesters demonstrating against the treatment of opposition leaders, pro-reform websites reported on Tuesday. Thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets....

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE7203DJ20110301

Iran's Cities a Sea of Poverty
by HOMYLAFAYETTE, Tehran Bureau @ Frontline @ pbs.org, 04 Mar 2011

[ dispatch ] Between 44.5 and 55 percent of Iran's urban population lives under the poverty line, according to a new report titled "Measurement and Economic Analysis of Urban Poverty."

The paper was presented by three senior government researchers at a conference organized two weeks ago by the national statistics center (Markazeh Amareh Iran), under the aegis of several ministries, Tehran University, and the United Nations Population Fund. It was included in a compilation published by the conference, 50 Years of Household Economics, and made available to the general public on Wednesday, reported the Islamic Students News Agency (ISNA).

The study provides a rare statistical glimpse into the country's economic welfare, a topic generally treated with secrecy by the Ahmadinejad administration....

Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/03/irans-citie...