Five Iranian security officers killed at Sufi protest in Tehran
Five members of Iranian security forces were killed in Tehran on Monday night in clashes with protesters from a religious order, 300 of whom were arrested, the police said. Members of the Gonabadi Dervishes, who follow the mystical Sufi strain of Islam, considered a threat by the theocratic establishment, clashed with riot police after gathering at a police station to demand the release of members of their sect. Three riot police were killed when a bus was driven into their ranks, a volunteer Basij militiaman was run over by a car and ...
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