Rioting broke out in Mahabad, northwestern Iran, after...

Rioting broke out in Mahabad, northwestern Iran, after police killed three people smuggling alcoholic beverages, the Resalat newspaper reported.
According to the paper, relatives of the smugglers, as well as some "opportunistic people and miscreants," gathered outside the city's courthouse and ransacked the building and other public places, including several banks.
Ayatollah Mahmus Hashemi-Shahrudi, head of the Iranian judicary, ordered the immediate arrest of all those involved in the riot.
Iran's armed opposition movement, the People's Mujahedin, said in a statement received by AFP that thousands of people had demonstrated in Mahabad to protest the murder of two "traders" by security forces.
It said that, in ensuing clashes, "people in the city challenged the regime's suppressive forces with knives and fire arms and killed five (security) agents."