Shooting in Iran wounds 4 in Election Day
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An Iranian woman casts her ballot for the parliamentary runoff elections in a polling station at the city of Qods about 12 miles (20 kilometers) west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 29, 2016. Iranians voted Friday in the country's parliamentary runoff elections, a key polling that is expected to decide exactly how much power moderate forces backing President Hassan Rouhani will have in the next legislature. The balloting is for the remaining 68 positions in the 290-seat chamber that were not decided in February's general election, in which Rouhani's allies won an initial majority. (AP Photo) |
TEHRAN,
Iran (AP) — A semi-official news agency in Iran is reporting that an
argument between supporters of hard-liners and reformists in the country
escalated into a shooting that wounded four people during the country's
runoff election.
The
rare outbreak of violence Friday during the vote underlines the tension
between the two camps as control of the Islamic Republic's parliament
hangs in the balance.
The
semi-official ISNA news agency quoted Hossein Zolfaghari, Iran's deputy
interior minister for security, as saying the shooting happened in the
city of Mamasani in Fars province.
He said: "Everything is calm in Mamasani now." He did not elaborate, but said police were searching for those responsible.
The
country's parliamentary runoff elections is a key poll expected to
decide exactly how much power moderate forces backing President Hassan
Rouhani will have in the next legislature.
