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State TV: Three Iranian police killed in clashes with protesters

7 years ago

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Three police officers were killed on Monday in clashes with protesters in northern Tehran, police spokesman Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi said on state television.

The clashes were between security forces and dervishes of the Gonabadi denomination who had gathered in front of a police station, demanding the release of some members of their Sufi religious order, according to video footage posted on social media.

Read: Iran officers killed by ‘anti-revolutionaries’

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