In Tehran, arrested 170 participants in protests against the outcome of the presidential election. On this June 14, said AFP.
Among the detainees included 10 suspects in the rioting, 50 found in the manual actions of protesters and 110 active participants of protest actions. Do not specify whether this transfer of 10 representatives of the opposition parties, which have been reported on the arrest of the morning of June 14.
According to Reuters, one of the detainees came a brother of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami. With the support of Khatami in presidential elections on June 12, was nominated by the main sorpernik acting head of state, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi. Previously, it was reported that after the elections, was arrested Moussaoui himself, but his wife, Zahra Rahnavard denied this information.
According to official figures, Ahmadinejad won the election 62.6 percent of votes, but Moussaoui - 33.75 per cent. Shortly before the official announcement of the voting headquarters Moussaoui announced the victory of their candidate. Actions of protest against the victory of incumbent president began in Tehran on 13 June and, according to the AFP, were still continuing. June 14, the police, as before, applied to disperse the demonstrators with tear gas.
Reuters reports that the power of Western states are concerned victory Ahmadinejad, whom they suspected of trying to make nuclear weapons. In particular, the disappointment at the outcome of the Iranian election was French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. "The brutality and endless military development does not lead to any resolution of the situation," - he said. At the same time, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, commenting on the outcome of the elections, only expressed the hope that the result of the vote reflects the will of the Iranian people.
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