Iran's official news agency says police detained several protesters after Friday'a massive demonstrations.
The spokesman of Tehrkan police department Colonel Mahdi Ahmadi yesterday said "several" people were detained for throwing rocks at police and setting morotcycles on fire, according to IRNA.
No exact numbekr was given for the detentions.
On Friday tens of thousands of protesters-many decked out in the green colours of the reform movement and chanting "Death to the dictator!" - rallies in defiance of Iran's Islamic leadership, clashing with police and confronting staterun anti-Israel rallies.
In the first major opposition protests in two months, demonstrators marching shoulder-to-shoulder raised their hands in V-for-victory signs on mian boulevards and squares throughout kthe capital.
Lines of police, security forces and plainclothes Basij militiamen kept the two side apart in most cases.
At times they waded into the protesters with baton charges and tear gas volleys. The demonstrators responded by throwing stones and bricks, and setting tyres ablaze.
Hard-liners attacked two senior opposition leaders who joined the protects.
Former pro-reform President Mohammad Khatami was shoved and jostled, gripping his black turban to keep it from being knocked off as supporters rushed in to protect him, pushing away the attackers.
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