Post by Salem6 on Dec 6, 2003 9:37:46 GMT
Reports from south-east Iran say several people have been killed in clashes between demonstrators and police.
An Iranian member of parliament from the region, Jafar Kambouzia, was quoted as saying five people were killed in the clashes.
They took place on Thursday in Saravan, in Baluchistan province, near Iran's borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Mr Kambouzia said the clashes broke out when police shot and killed a motorcyclist who had refused to stop.
Correspondents say there is often tension in Baluchistan province, which has a Sunni Muslim majority, unlike the rest of Iran.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
An Iranian member of parliament from the region, Jafar Kambouzia, was quoted as saying five people were killed in the clashes.
They took place on Thursday in Saravan, in Baluchistan province, near Iran's borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Mr Kambouzia said the clashes broke out when police shot and killed a motorcyclist who had refused to stop.
Correspondents say there is often tension in Baluchistan province, which has a Sunni Muslim majority, unlike the rest of Iran.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service