Dozens of protesters arrested in Tehran.Summary: Iranian riot police riot police n → policía antidisturbiosriot police n → forces fpl de police intervenant en cas d'émeute; hundreds of riot police → have detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: dozens of pro-reform protesters in central Tehran. Iranian riot police have detained dozens of pro-reform protesters in central Tehran. A witness said police beat protesters who had gathered in Tehran's Haft-e Tir square in defiance of a ban on such demonstrations following the June 12 election, which the opposition says was rigged in favour of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  This article or section may contain inappropriate or misinterpreted which do not the text.Please help [ improve this article] by checking for inaccuracies. . The witness said the protesters were chanting slogans against Mr Ahmadinejad and the government, including: "Ahmadinejad - resign, resign" and "death to the dictator". The witness added: "Riot police are taking dozens of protesters into their cars and they are taking them away." "There are hundreds of riot police and plainclothes plain·clothes or plain-clothes adj. Wearing civilian clothes while on duty to avoid being identified as police or security: a plainclothes detective. (security forces), beating people who gathered to support (opposition leader Mir Hossein) Mousavi." Defeated presidential election candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi have continued to dispute the official election result, even though Supreme Leader Ayatollah ayatollah: see Shiites. ayatollah In the Shiite branch of Islam, a high-ranking religious authority regarded by his followers as the most learned person of his age. The ayatollah's authority rests on the infallible imam. Ali Khamenei has endorsed Mr Ahmadinejad's election victory. The election stirred the most violent internal unrest in Iran since the 1979 revolution and exposed deep rifts in its ruling elite. At least 20 people died in post-election violence. Mr Mousavi and the authorities blame each other for the bloodshed blood·shed n. The shedding of blood, especially the injury or killing of people. bloodshed Noun slaughter; killing Noun 1. . Riot police and the religious Basij militia eventually suppressed June's street demonstrations, but Mr Mousavi and his supporters have remained defiant. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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