A policeman and three members of an obscure Shiite Muslim cult have been killed and 12 other people injured in fresh clashes in northwestern Iran, AFP reported Wednesday. ... Last week news reports said two senior local police officials died in clashes in the same area with a "heretical" group called the Ali-Allahi (roughly meaning "Ali is God"). The group is made up of worshippers of Imam Ali, the figure Shiite Muslims consider the successor of the Prophet Mohammed and their first imam, or spiritual leader. The cult sees Imam Ali as an incarnation of God.A "brief" on Radio Free Europe's Southwest Asia report for Sept. 29 (sorry, no permalink) describes them as "a Kurdish sect," quoting the regional governor as acknowledging the violence but denying the religious angle.