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Stone-throwing demonstrators attack Iranian Embassy in Sweden
Police say demonstrators have attacked the Iranian Embassy outside the Swedish capital, throwing stones and trying to force themselves in.
- Agencies
- Published: 20:55 June 26, 2009
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Stockholm: Police say demonstrators have attacked the Iranian Embassy outside the Swedish capital, throwing stones and trying to force themselves in.
About 150 protesters, some masked, rushed the embassy gates, but it was not immediately clear if any managed to get inside the building, police said.
"It was chaotic out there," police officer Jan Hedlund told Swedish news agency TT. "We're trying to get organized and see what happens. Right now it's quiet."
There have been several peaceful demonstrations in recent days outside the embassy.
Iran panel to draft poll report
Meanwhile in Tehran, Iran's electoral watchdog will set up a special commission, including representatives of defeated candidates, to draft a report on the disputed presidential poll, ISNA news agency said on Friday.
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"The Guardians Council has decided to set up a special commission of political figures and representatives of candidates who have been protesting (poll results) to draft a report on the election," its spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodai said, quoted by ISNA.
"Ten percent of the votes will be re-counted in the presence of this commission and a report for the public will be published," he added.
"The vote re-count will be done in the presence of the media," Kadkhodai said.
He also urged defeated candidates "Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi to submit the names of their candidates (to the commission) within 24 hours, in order to remove any ambiguity and questions about the election."
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