TEHRAN, Rabi'II 15, 1439, January 02, 2018, SPA -- A semi-official news agency in Iran is reporting that 450 people have been arrested over three days in Tehran since Saturday, according to AP. The ILNA news agency report on Tuesday quoted Ali Asghar Nasserbakht, a security deputy governor of Tehran, offering the figure. Nasserbakht said that 200 protesters were arrested on Saturday, 150 on Sunday and 100 were arrested yesterday. The protests began Thursday over economic issues and expanded to several cities. No figure has yet been offered for other cities. --SPA 11:23 LOCAL TIME 08:23 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w578506