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Students clashed with police on Saturday after hard-liners had rallied to support the government, in a third day of unrest amid protests over the Islamic Republic's ailing economy.
Rocks were thrown at police as anti-government students protested at the University of Tehran but were outnumbered by conservative classmates who shouted 'death to the seditionists' and took control of the campus entrance.
A video on social media showed students chanting 'death to the dictator', an apparent reference to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while police were seen clubbing the protesters.
Earlier some 4,000 pro-regime demonstrators had gathered at the Musalla prayer ground in the centre of Tehran, calling for criminal trials for the leaders of the anti-government Green Movement.