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Iran: three police officers arrested after "violence" against a woman

2022-05-08T13:43:35.654Z


Three Iranian police officers were arrested in Tehran after the broadcast of a video on which they arrest a woman with violence, it has been...


Three Iranian police officers were arrested in Tehran after the broadcast of a video on which they arrest a woman with violence, we learned on Sunday from official sources.

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Police officers who violently arrested a young woman in Lavassan, eastern Tehran, have been arrested

," the government-run newspaper Iran reported on Sunday.

A short video showing three police officers shoving a woman into a police cruiser has sparked outrage.

The date of the video was not specified.

The images show this woman begging a man in civilian clothes who rushes her to the ground in front of a police officer and another man in uniform.

During the incident, a "

plainclothes policeman hit the young woman's hand

" and "

forced her into the vehicle while threatening her

", the Iran newspaper reported on Sunday.

Tehran's deputy police commander, Morad Moradi, said the behavior of the police was "

violent

" and "

contrary to police instructions

", reports the Young Journalists Club, an agency dependent on television. of state.

An investigation was opened after the discovery of "

quantity of hashish " in the "

confiscated

" vehicle

, said Colonel Moradi.

On Saturday, the capital's police chief, General Hossein Rahimi, ordered an investigation into the woman's arrest, the official Irna news agency reported.

Source: lefigaro

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