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Iran ‘takes significant steps in identifying rioters’

Iran’s Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi says his ministry has undertaken measures to identify elements behind Sunday riots in Tehran.

The Iranian minister noted that the information his ministry had gained through the interrogation of those arrested over the last few days, including the identification of individuals who had a role in the riots, was satisfactory and positive.

“The Intelligence Ministry has obtained good clues in respect to the elements who had a role in the recent riots,” Moslehi said in a televised interview on Thursday.

“This unrest is different from that of the past and is a prearranged counter-revolutionary movement, designed by agents of sedition,” he added.

Moslehi’s remarks come in the wake of anti-government unrest during Ashura ceremonies marking the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH). Seven people were confirmed dead in the Sunday protests. Read more at www.presstv.ir