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Reporting from Tehran - A judiciary official says tribunals will process hundreds of 'rioters' and 'thugs' caught in security sweeps during the unrest after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected president. Iran's judiciary will set up a special court to try protesters arrested in the surge of civil unrest since the disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a judiciary official said on state television, as the government continues its crackdown aimed at crushing its greatest domestic challenge in 30 years. Judiciary official Ebrahim Raisi said special tribunals will be set up to process hundreds of "rioters" and "thugs" caught in security sweeps during the unrest after preliminary investigation. "The judiciary will set up special courts for those cases which are passed on to the judiciary," he said in comments broadcast on state television. "Hopefully, they will receive their legal punishments and our dear people will be informed of their punishments."