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Sunday, October 29, 2017
Iran blocks ‘illegal’ rally at ancient king’s tomb
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIranian authorities prevent an “illegal gathering” at the tomb of ancient Persian king Cyrus the Great and arrested a number of suspects, local media reports.
The Mizanonline news website says the intelligence ministry had identified members of “a counter-revolutionary group which had wanted to organize an illegal gathering under the pretext of celebrating Cyrus.”
Semi-official ISNA news agency reported that the head of the elite Revolutionary Guard, General Hashem Ghiassi, had issued a warning to the “counter-revolutionaries.”
Authorities in Iran last October arrested several organizers of a rally at the same site.
Footage posted on social media showed participants chanting for freedom of expression, along with nationalistic and anti-Arab slogans.
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.