Tehran police warns against Student Day unrest

Tehran's police chief has warned against any possible instigation of unrest as Iran is preparing to mark the national Student Day on December 7.

“The police will provide security on the national Student Day like the previous years,” Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) quoted Azizallah Rajabzadeh as saying on Wednesday.

“December 7th is a day to fight arrogant powers,” he said.

Rajabzadeh further warned about any illegal gatherings on December 7.

“If there is insecurity in a place, the police will be present there to provide security,” he noted. “I believe there will be no special problem on December 7th."

Rajabzadeh's warning comes after thousands of supporters of defeated presidential candidates, Mehdi Karroubi and Mir-Hossein Mousavi, held a rally in Tehran as the country commemorated the 30th anniversary of the US Embassy takeover on November 4.

The date marks the day in which revolutionary Iranian students in 1979 took over the US Embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, following the overthrow of Iran's US-backed monarch.