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Iran: 20 people have been killed –Updated

21st June 2009 By Sten No Comment

According to Iranian state media, 13 more people were killed in confrontations between protesters and security forces, this brings official death toll for the last week to at least 20.

English-language Press TV said 13 people it called “terrorists” died Saturday in clashes between demonstrators contesting the result of the June 12 election and black-clad police wielding truncheons, tear gas and water cannons, the AP reports.

State television also reported 100 injured in Saturday’s violence.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki criticized Britain, France and Germany on Sunday for raising concern about reports of voting irregularities in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory.

Mottaki criticized France for taking “treacherous and unjust approaches” and said Britain “has always created problems” in relations between countries.

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