Vigilantes that attacked demonstrators in Iran arrested
Police arrested dozens of pro-clergy militants in Tehran.
"The judiciary — which is controlled by hard-line clerics and usually sides with them against Iran's reform movement — ordered the arrests, after increasing calls by reformers for action against the militants.
"The arrests came after four consecutive nights of violence by the militants, who pledge allegiance to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
"The militants have been trying to intimidate young protesters who have held nightly demonstrations this week calling for an end to the hard-line clerical establishment led by Khamenei."
Police arrested dozens of pro-clergy militants in Tehran.
"The judiciary — which is controlled by hard-line clerics and usually sides with them against Iran's reform movement — ordered the arrests, after increasing calls by reformers for action against the militants.
"The arrests came after four consecutive nights of violence by the militants, who pledge allegiance to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
"The militants have been trying to intimidate young protesters who have held nightly demonstrations this week calling for an end to the hard-line clerical establishment led by Khamenei."
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