Protesters defy calls for calm in Iran, death toll rises to 13
TEHRAN — Protests across Iran saw their most violent night as armed protesters tried to overrun military bases and police stations before security forces repelled them, killing 10 people, Iranian state television said Monday.
Later in the day, 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.
It was the first report of a police officer dying during five days of protests and raised the death toll to at least 13.