Reuters
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Iran said on Monday several foreign citizens were
arrested during clashes between opposition supporters and security
forces last month, state television reported.
“Several foreigners are among those who were
arrested on the day of Ashura…they were leading a psychological
war against the system…They entered Iran two days before
Ashura,” Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi told state TV,
without elaborating on the foreigners’ nationality.
In Iran’s bloodiest unrest since the aftermath of the disputed
June 12 presidential election, eight people were killed on December 27
and at least 40 pro-reform figures, including four senior advisers to
opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, have been arrested since then.
Iranian hardline authorities have repeatedly accused the opposition
leaders of links to “foreign enemies,” warning that they
will not tolerate any more anti-government protests after the fiery
demonstrations during the Shi’ite ritual of Ashura.
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