[Iran Press TV Latest] After Iranian authorities shut down an opposition-led daily, clashes erupt between security forces and protestors in Tehran. Our correspondent reported that Iranian police dispersed pro-opposition supporters gathered near the office of Etemad-e-Melli (National Trust) daily belonging to leading opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi.
According to media reports, police forces used tear gas and arrested demonstrators during renewed protests on Monday.
All gatherings have been banned in a crackdown on mass protests that erupted after the disputed election of 12 June.
Karroubi became the target of criticism after he made controversial allegations that post-vote detainees had been sexually assaulted by their jailers.
"A number of detainees have said that some female detainees have been raped savagely... teenagers held in detention have also been savagely raped," Karroubi said, adding that they were suffering from depression and serious physical injuries after the alleged assaults.
Following a storm of controversy over the issue of jail rape, an investigating judge at the Civil Servants Prosecution Office, which handles press cases, said that the popular newspaper had been ordered shut until further notice for what has been described as "publishing unlawful and criminal material."