Some 450 people have been arrested in the Iranian capital over the past three days during unrest linked to protests, an official told local media on Tuesday.
"200 people were arrested on Saturday, 150 on Sunday and around 100 on Monday," Ali-Asghar Naserbakht, a deputy in the Tehran city governor's office, told the reformist-linked ILNA news agency.
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Iranian state TV has reported that 12 people have been killed amid nationwide protests, without elaborating.
Among the 10 were two protesters who were shot dead overnight in the small town of Izeh in southwestern Iran, a member of parliament told Iranian media on Monday.
"People of Izeh, like some other cities, held a protest against economic problems and unfortunatelyRead more
Female sex workers and homeless drug addicts in Tehran should be “convinced” to undergo sterilisation to prevent social problems, a deputy provincial governor in the Iranian capital said on Sunday.
“These women deal drugs, consume drugs and also work as sex workers,” Siavash Shahrivar told the ILNA news agency.
“Over 20 per cent of them have Aids and [they] spreadRead more