It said the shootouts happened Tuesday in the northeastern border province of Khorassan, adding that eight villagers recently taken hostage by the smugglers had been freed. One policeman was also injured, it added. The official IRNA news agency said Tuesday that three armed Afghans who had crossed the border to take hostages were shot dead by security forces. Shiite Muslim Iran accuses the Sunni fundamentalist Taliban militia, who control some 90 percent of Afghanistan, of turning the country into the world's leading drug producer. Iran calls for emergency meeting of OIC .
Supreme leader condemns reprisals on Afghanistan .
Khatami says UN should lead fight against terrorism . Taliban envoy . Iran says worried about influx of Afghan refugees . Iran cautions Britain over hasty US reaction to terrorist attacks . Afghan population movements high as fear builds of US strikes, UN warns .