Iran police disperse protesters: Via BBC NEWS | Middle East.

Iranian police have dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who defied government warnings that any fresh attempt at protests would be "smashed".

The marchers were heading towards Tehran University to commemorate the 10th anniversary of student unrest.

All gatherings have been banned in a crackdown on mass protests that erupted after the disputed election of 12 June.

Meanwhile, another member of a rights group headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has been arrested.

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The demonstration was called to mark the anniversary of protests in 1999 between pro-reform activists and the loyalist Basij militia.

Small student-led groups have commemorated the event every year since then.

According to AFP news agency, police in the capital fired tear gas as between 200-300 protesters chanted "Death to the dictator".

A witness told Reuters news agency the marchers had also shouted in favour of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who says last month's vote was rigged.

But the numbers of people involved were a fraction of the hundreds of thousands who took to the streets last month.

Hard-line incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of the presidential election by a landslide.

Plans for the rally had circulated for days on social media and opposition websites.

There has not been a major protest for nearly two weeks and Tehran Governor Morteza Tamaddon warned earlier no more would be tolerated.

He said: "If some individuals plan to have anti-security move through listening to a call by counter-revolutionary networks, they will be smashed under the feet of our aware people," reported state news agency Irna.

According to AP news agency in Iran, mobile phone text messaging services were down for a third day on Thursday.

A similar cut-off took place after the election, in a move thought to have been aimed at thwarting protest organisers.

In a separate development, another member of Shirin Ebadi's Human Rights Defenders' Centre was reportedly arrested, along with a number of others, in Tehran on Wednesday.

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah is said to have provided legal representation for some of the hundreds of people arrested since the election.

Abdolfatah Soltani, another lawyer and member of Ms Ebadi's organisation, was detained last month.

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