Iran tries more rioters, UK, French embassy staff

TEHRAN (Agencies)

Iran put dozens of moderates and a French citizen on trial on Saturday for taking part in unrest after a disputed June presidential vote, and riot police used force to break up protests by relatives outside the courtroom.

State television said an Iranian staffer from the British embassy in Tehran also was standing trial, a move the British Foreign Office in London said was "completely unacceptable."

"Relatives of the defendants and a large group of people gathered in front of the court building on Saturday. When they chanted 'Allahu Akbar' (God is greatest), the riot police attacked them to disperse the crowd," the reformist Mosharekat website said.

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