Iran will put on trial from Saturday about 20 "rioters" involved in the post-election unrest in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported yesterday.
IRNA said they faced charges including bombings, carrying firearms and grenades, attacking Basij militiamen and security forces and having contacts with exiled opposition group the People's Mujahedeen.
"They are also charged with attacking military units and universities, sending pictures to enemy media, organising thugs and rioters, vandalising public and state property including destroying banks and houses," it said.
IRNA said those who "ordered the post-election riots are not being tried at this stage."
The authorities freed 140 protesters on Tuesday, but around 200 people remain behind bars, including 50 who are suspected of masterminding riots, according to an MP who visited detainees.