Iran's official news agency IRNA tweeted:
"Kermanshah Prosecutor: Most of those arrested during the recent disturbances in the province have been released. Those who set fire to the Bayt al-Abbas congregation hall have been identified and sentenced to severe punishment."
Iran bans English in primary schools after leaders' warning
From Reuters:
Iran has banned the teaching of English in primary schools, a senior education official said, after Islamic leaders warned that early learning of the language opened the way to a Western "cultural invasion".
"Teaching English in government and non-government primary schools in the official curriculum is against laws and regulations," Mehdi Navid-Adham, head of the state-run High Education Council, told state television late on January 6.
"This is because the assumption is that, in primary education, the groundwork for the Iranian culture of the students is laid," Navid-Adham said, adding that non-curriculum English classes may also be blocked.
While there was no mention of the announcement being linked to more than a week of protests against the clerical establishment and government, Iran's Revolutionary Guards have said that that unrest was also fomented by foreign enemies.
ISNA tweeted:
“Tehran prosecutor: 70 of the detained protesters have been released on bail in the past 48 hours. The process of releasing other defendants – with an exception of the main perpetrators of the riots – will continue after obtaining their background checks from security agencies.”