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Iran Lawmakers Urge Arrests After Tehran University Attack

TEHRAN (AFP)--Iranian lawmakers have called for the arrest of people who attacked Tehran University dormitories following Iran's disputed presidential poll, the ISNA news agency said on Monday.

"The lawmakers have informed parliament speaker Ali Larijani of the situation and asked for the damages to be repaired...for arrested students to be released and those who carried out this unfortunate events to be arrested," it reported.

Student Web sites report the university dormitories were attacked late Sunday by assailants in civilian clothes believed to be members of the Basij Islamist militia.

"Nobody was killed...but there were people wounded and some students were arrested," lawmaker Kazem Jalali told AFP after visiting the scene Monday.

He said the students had been shouting slogans against to the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Friday's poll when "uncontrolled elements burst into the dormitories and attacked them."

"Some (of the students) were arrested but they are to be released following our intervention," he said.

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