11/7/2009 Iran says over 100 people detained at REUTERS Rint I Close this window Iran says over 100 people detained at anti- U.S. rally _____ Sat Nov 7, 2009 8:42am EST TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police detained more than 100 people for “disturbing public orde( during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday. Security forces clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein MousaA in Tehran Wednesday when an annual state-organized rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy turned Aolent. “Police arrested 109 people who created disorder and disturbed public order and security on the sideline of the rally Wednesday,” said Azizollah Rajabzadeh, head of Tehran police, IRNA reported. “Some 62 of the detainees were jailed and the rest were released.” Iran's Revolutionary Guards and their allied Basij militia had warned the opposition not to try to hijack the rally to re Ave protests against the clerical establishment after June's disputed presidential election. Defeated presidential candidates Mousa A and Mehdi Karoubi, who say are committed to reform, had urged supporters to take to the streets Wednesday to protest against the government despite warnings from the security forces about “illegal gatherings.” The judiciary said three foreign citizens, also arrested on Wednesday, had been released. “One Canadian and two Germans who were arrested Wednesday have been freed,” IRNA quoted Tehran's general prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi as saying. Dolatabadi confirmed the arrest of a Danish student and an Iranian reporter working for the Agence France Presse (AFP) on Wednesday in connection with the rally. Foreign media have been banned from covering street protests since the demonstrations over the disputed June presidential vote, which the opposition says was rigged to secure President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re- election. “We have asked the relevant authorities to provide us with documents explaining the purposes of the Danish student's presence and his mission in Iran,” Dolatabadi said. The turmoil after the June 12 vote was the worst in Iran in the past three decades. Authorities deny vote-rigging. (Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Charles Dick) © Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. Users may download and print extracts of content from thiswebsite for their own personal and non-commercial use only. Republication or redidribution of Thomson Reuters content, including by framing or milar means, is expres y prohibited without the priorwritten consent of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reutersand its logo are regi ered trademarle or trademarle of the Thomson Reuters group of companies around the world. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests. http://www. reuters.com/a rticlePrint?ar... 1/1