Iran protesters stage new demonstrations
Iranian protesters defied police firing tear gas on Monday as they used an annual commemoration to stage fresh anti-government demonstrations despite a crackdown by security forces, witnesses said.
Clashes were reported between protesters, mainly university students seen as a backbone of the opposition movement, and police at several universities and prominent districts in the capital, which was flooded with security forces who arrested several demonstrators, they said.
Among those detained was student leader Majid Tavakoli from the prominent Amir Kabir university, the official IRNA news agency said, adding that he was “disguised as a woman” and was held for leading “riots” in the university.
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