Farmers in eastern Esfahan province yesterday, Feb. 27 fought off police special forces sent to provide security for the repair of a water pipeline that was destroyed last week, in a violent water dispute between Esfahan and Yazd.
In scenes of the fight's aftermath, captured on phone cameras, angry farmers and local residents of Varzaneh, 80km east of Esfahan, threw stones at the burning busses that had brought the police.