Iran denies deaths in water protest

TEHERAN - Iran's interior minister denied reports that several people were killed during Saturday's protests over water scarcity in the southwestern city of Khorramshahr, IRNA daily has reported.

"There was not a single death case. There was one case of injury last night when (the protester) was taken to the hospital," Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli told a news conference on Sunday.

He said that security is the core concern of the Interior Ministry and all efforts would be made to maintain it.