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TEHRAN, Iran - More than 100 reformists were arrested on Saturday night after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidential election victory led to street protests, leading reformist Mohammad Ali Abtahi told Reuters on Sunday.
A judiciary spokesman said they had not been arrested but were summoned and "warned not to increase tension." They were later released, he said.
Thousands of people clashed with police on Saturday after the disputed election victory of Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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