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          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)
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