Iran protesters have attacked a religious school in Karaj province near Tehran, the conservative Fars news agency reported on Saturday. “At 9 pm (1530 GMT on Friday) they attacked the school and tried to break the doors down and burn things,” Fars quoted the head of the school in the town of Ishtehad, Hojatoleslam Hindiani, as saying. It gave only his clerical rank — Hojatoleslam — not his given name. “They were about 500 people and they chanted against the system but they were dispersed by the riot police and some have been arrested,” Hindiani said. Iranian authorities have barely mentioned days of protests in the cities of Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad and Tehran, driven by concerns over the economy as well as wider anger at the political system. During past unrest, conservative outlets have focused on attacks against sensitive symbols such as religious buildings as a way of tarnishing the protests. Published in Daily Times, August 5th 2018.