Security forces broke up gathering last week without there being any casualties or damage to property, police says
Security forces broke up gathering last week without there being any casualties or damage to property, police chief saysStill image from a video shows people wearing protective masks during a protest over economic hardship, on the streets of Behbahan, Iran on July 16 2020. Picture: REUTERS TVIranian police have arrested people behind protests that broke out last week in the southwest of the country, state news agency Irna reported on Monday.
At the time, Behbahan’s police said the crowd did not respond to calls to disperse and security forces broke up the protest “with firmness” and restored “calm” without there being any casualties or damage to property.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced on Thursday that they had arrested a number of “agitators” who had called for street protests in northeastern Mashhad city, and that they had also broken up a “terrorist group” linked to the People Mujaheddin of Iran in southwestern Shiraz.
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