Tehran - At least four people were injured when supporters of Tehran's embattled mayor clashed with Islamic hardliners at the interior ministry in Tehran yesterday.
The violence erupted after a speech by Ms Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of former president Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in support of the mayor, Mr Gholam-Hossein Karbaschi, who was arrested 10 days ago on corruption charges, witnesses said. Four people were violently beaten up by interior ministry security guards and 10 arrested when Mr Karbaschi's supporters attacked fundamentalists in a crowd of some 2,000 to 3,000 people.