CNN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim protests over
The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that a string of anti-government protests were over after six days of unrest.
In comments to the semiofficial Fars news agency, Mohammad Ali Jafari said that only 15,000 people had turned out at the height of the rallies and that the main "troublemakers" have been arrested. CNN has not been able to verify the claim on the amount of protesters.
"Today, we can say it is the end of 'sedition 1396,' " Jafari said, using the year in the Iranian calendar.
"With the help of God, their defeat is definite," he said.
Jafari's comments were likely to be seen as a warning in the country.
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