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Iran frees 40 detained during anti-U.S. rally
08 Nov 2009 20:02:51 GMT
 Source: Reuters
TEHRAN, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Iran has released a further 40 people detained during an opposition demonstration last week that led to clashes with police, state media said on Sunday.

Tehran's public prosecutors' office said several other detainees, including some who had expressed regret over taking part in the rally, had been released in recent days, student news agency ISNA and the Fars news agency said.

On Saturday the official agency IRNA said 47 people had been released out of 109 detained for "disturbing public order" during Wednesday's rally to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in 1979.

Security forces clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran when an annual state-organised rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy turned violent.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards and their allied Basij militia had warned the opposition not to try to hijack the rally to revive protests against the clerical establishment after June's disputed presidential election.

Defeated presidential candidates Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi, who say they are committed to reform, had urged supporters to take to the streets to protest against the government, despite warnings.

Big street protests broke out after the June election, which the opposition says was rigged to secure President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's reelection. (Reporting by Reza Derakhshi, Writing by Andrew Hammond; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)


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