Eyewitnesses say police and paramilitary basij forces carrying clubs beat demonstrators at Tehran's Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, arresting dozens and dispersing dozens of others.

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Pro-government Basij militia members are also reported to be present in large numbers on campuses across the country.

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And many students received warnings that they will be expelled from universities,and has sent hundreds of their basij and basij students to certain universities,".

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After the Iran-Iraq war, the Basij returned to its role as an internal security force to enforce Islamic morality.

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Gholam-Hussain Kluli Dezfuli, commander of the feared Basij, told an Iranian paper that the numbers marked an increase on the same period last year.

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Already the Majlis speaker, Ali Larijani, has voiced criticism of raids on student dormitories by the government militia, the Basij, and a committee of MPs called in the interior minister for questioning.

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