Dubai bans Iranian protests on own soil

"We don't want the power struggle between the two conflicting parties to be fought over here," the newspaper quoted Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim as saying. Tehran has been swept by mass demonstrations over alleged ballot fraud in the landslide reelection of the hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on June 12. Eight people were shot dead on Monday during street protests. Tens of thousands of supporters of runner-up Mir Hossein Mousavi have been protesting daily in central Tehran in defiance of a government ban. The Guardian Council, Iran's top legislative body, is looking at accusations of fraud in the vote, but its response has so far not satisfied the opposition; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.