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.