Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 28 / Trend T.Jafarov /
"The responsibility for clashes on Ashura Day in Tehran lie on Western countries and anarchists, who took every opportunity to disturb public order," Iranian Parliamentary National Security Commission Deputy Chairman Ismail Kosari told Trend over the phone.
Kosari added that several forces have tried to strike at the 1979 Islamic Revolution's fundamental principles over the past 30 years. All troublemakers will be identified and arrested, he said.
Opposition supporters and police clashed on Ashura in Tehran. According to international news agencies, the riots resulted in the deaths of 15 people. Police arrested 300 people.
According to the Fars news agency, nephew of Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi Ali Habibi was murdered during the clashes.
He said that the Parliamentary Committee on National Security will prepare a special report on the recent events.
He called reformist leaders "henchmen" working for the U.S., UK and Israel.
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