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Several people were killed and more than 300 were arrested in anti-government protests in Tehran Sunday, Iran's Deputy Police Chief Ahmad Reza Radan said on state television station IRINN.
The toll was the result of clashes that broke out between demonstrators and security forces as large crowds gathered for Ashura, a major religious observance.
Five people were reported killed in the fighting, Iranian state-run Press TV said late Sunday. A French government statement put the number of fatalities at eight. With tight restrictions on international media, CNN could not independently verify the casualties.Several people were killed and more than 300 were arrested in anti-government protests... more
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When we speak of a country largely closed to the rest of the world as Iran is difficult to understand if the regime is solid, if really has support among the population, how long it can last. After the rigged election of Ahmadinejad and the protests in the streets with dozens of deaths and hundreds of arrests, some hoped that the islamic regime was close to falling.When we speak of a country largely closed to the rest of the world as Iran is... more
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The Iranian government of Ahmadinejad and Khamenei, after having beaten and killed opponents in the streets and tortured them in prison, now put them under trial. A trial inspired by medieval Inquisition, in which the defendants "confessed" to be manipulated by the enemies of the country and the enemies of God, after being "convinced" in jail with methods that we can easily imagine and that the same regime has, in some cases, admitted.The Iranian government of Ahmadinejad and Khamenei, after having beaten and killed... more
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The public accusations of one of the opposition leaders in Iran, Karroubi, about torture and rapes that occurred in the prisons of the regime bring more difficulties to the Iranian government. Stories of abuses in prison appeared on dozens of sites and on international media, painting an Abu Ghraib scene that completely destroys the claim of the iranian regime to be the true defender of morality and justice.The public accusations of one of the opposition leaders in Iran, Karroubi, about... more
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They have killed at least 85 people and have arrested hundreds. Some of them disapperared. The iranian Attorney General has admitted that there have been tortures and murders of opponents. Yet the perpetrators of these crimes have not been indicted or tried in Iran and probably will never pay for their crimes. The only ongoing process is the one against several opposition leaders, against French and British employees of embassies and against a French student.They have killed at least 85 people and have arrested hundreds. Some of them... more
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