TEHRAN The rallies held after the ceremonies marking the assassination anniversary of Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar were illegal, announced Aziz Beigi the deputy director of the Tehran Governorate yesterday.
Th rallies were held from Fakhroddin Mosque to the late Forouhars' residence.
According the agreement with the family members of the late Forouhars the coordinators of the ceremonies said that the ceremonies would be held on Sunday inside the mosque.
The organizers were supposed to announce the end of the ceremonies at the mosque, but at the end of the ceremonies the participants violated their commitment by raising slogans and taking into streets.
Commemoration service was held in Tehran on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of assassination of political activist Dariush Forouhar and his wife Parvaneh Eskandari, IRNA said.
Relatives and supporters of Forouhar attended Fakhrabad Mosque to pay respect to the late political activist and recalled the specifications of his personality.
Forouhar served as the minister of labor and social affairs after victory of the Islamic Revolution.
Clashes took place at the end of the ceremony when several people chanted slogans against the Islamic Republic and the others who protested to them. Police intervened to end the clash.
Participants in the ceremony moved from mosque to the late Forouhar's house and laid wreath at his home and lit candles to respect the two victims of serial murders which took place in Tehran in 1998.
Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi said in Isfahan on Monday that the lawsuit concerning the serial murders is complete and court hearing would be held against defendants whom he termed as the rogue elements of the Information Ministry.