Nine people were killed overnight in unrest related to protests in the Isfahan region of central Iran, the state broadcaster reported on Tuesday.

Six protesters were killed in the town of Qahderijan, one member of the Revolutionary Guards was slain in Kahriz Sang and one passer-by in Khomeinishahr, state television said, as well as one policeman killed with a hunting rifle in nearby Najafabad whose death had already been reported.

Source: AFP