CNN: 3,700 people were arrested during Iran protests, lawmaker says
Roughly 3,700 people were arrested during recent anti-government protests in Iran, one of the country's lawmakers claimed on Tuesday.
The number is far higher than the 450 people Iranian authorities previously said were detained. US officials had put the number held at 1,000.
Tehran member of parliament Mahmoud Sadeghi said Tuesday that 3,700 people had been arrested, including 40 to 68 students, in six days of protests that broke out in late December.
He added that "due to the fact that several security organizations had made the arrests, it will take some time to give an accurate count," according to the Iranian parliament's news agency.
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Update #1: Iran lawmaker says 3,700 arrested in days of protest, unrest (FOX News/AP)
Update #2: 3,700 arrested during protests in Iran: MP (Al Jazeera)
WNU Editor: I concur with this analysis, it is different right now .... Iran: Why This Time Is Different, And What’s Next (Raj Bhala, Bloomberg).
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