BFF-31 450 people arrested over three days in Tehran: official

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450 people arrested over three days in Tehran: official

TEHRAN, Jan 2, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – 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.

BSS/AFP/MR/ 1425hrs