伊朗称苏非派示威者与警方冲突5人丧生

Iranian officials say at least five members of the country’s security forces were killed and more than 300 people arrested during clashes between Sufi protesters and police in the capital, Tehran.

Broadcast video appeared to show the moment a bus ploughed into a group of police officers, killing three of them.

Members of Iran's Gonabadi Sufi order, known as dervishes, were protesting the arrest of members of the sect.

Sufism is a mystical strain of Islam characterized by an inward search for God and the rejection of materialism.

There are no official statistics on the size of the Sufi population in Iran, which is subject to continued scrutiny and harassment because the Iranian government views them as heretics.

伊朗官员说，在首都德黑兰苏菲派穆斯林和警察的冲突中，至少5名保安部队成员被打死，300多人被逮捕。

播出的视频显示，一辆大巴冲到一些警察中，撞死3人。

伊朗的苏菲派人士抗议他们的一些成员被逮捕。

伊斯兰苏菲派，又称德尔维希，追求精神层面的提升，摒弃物质主义。

伊朗人口中苏菲派的数量没有确切统计。苏菲派一直受到骚扰，因为伊朗政府视其为异教。