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Police in Tehran on Thursday dispersed a demonstration for women’s rights – timed to coincide with International Women’s Day – and detained a journalist, according to local media reports.
The Iran Wire news website reported that police had dispersed a group of women who had planned to demonstrate outside Iran’s Labor Ministry.
Read: Iran says no more arrests for breaking dress code
According to the website, police also detained Ali Salim, a prominent journalist for Shargh, an Iranian pro-reformist newspaper.
The newspaper later confirmed Salim’s arrest via social media.
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