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Iranian officials have arrested over 100 people for taking part in protests over the weekend against the results of a local ��in southwestern Iran.��

Protesters in , the provincial capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, who to question the validity of recent presidential elections were met with����violence, media have reported.��

"The city is practically under martial law. was cut off until last night [Monday] and now it's working, but very slowly," an unnamed source in the area told IranWire.

A video was widely shared online, which reportedly showed three people being shot at a protest on Saturday, a day after the election.

Reports have said that two of the victims remain unconscious and a third is in an "unstable condition", said the unnamed source.��

The governor of Yasuj pushed back against these claims, alleging the video shows victims of a gas leak in the city and not an attack by police.��

Protesters took to the streets when their candidate, Esmail Yousefi, was removed from the eight-member Yasuj City Council, despite previously being told that he had secured a place.��

“At first, a Esmail Yousefi was declared the council’s fifth elected member. But a day later it was announced that there had been a counting error, and his name would be swapped with that of a Iman Javedaneh, who had been listed in eighth place,” a source told IranWire.��

Supporters of Yousefi rejected official claims that a counting error had occurred, and said that it was a clear case of foul play and manipulation.��

“Had there really been a counting error, the number of votes for the other candidates should have changed as well. But that didn’t happen,” the source continued.

Activists have claimed that Yousefi was replaced by��Javedaneh on the city council��due to nepotism.

Iman Javedaneh is the cousin of Mehdi Roshanfekr, a member of parliament for Yasuj, and a former governor of the province.��

This swap��is not the only irregularity noted about Yasuj's city council elections.��

Other candidates have lodged complaints with the city governor, claiming that a "cash-for-votes" scheme mired last Friday's vote.��

They further claimed that supervisors had meddled in the process��to ensure favourable outcomes for preferred candidates.��

Yasuj's public prosecutor rejected the claims of election interference and insisted that "integrity" in the electoral process��had been maintained.��

"There has been no manipulation of the electronic voting system," said the public prosecutor.

They went on to warn protestors against further activism.��

"The Islamic Republic is not weak and will end any kind of riot," it added.

Iranians voted across the country last Friday��in local��and presidential elections. Hardline candidate Ebrahim Raisi was declared the winner of the presidential race, amid a historic low turnout.��