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Jail Iranian Student Dissident on Hunger Strike Dies

HeadlineAug 01, 2006

In Iran, a student dissident has died in jail while on a hunger strike. The student, Akbar Mohammadi, was arrested six years ago for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations. He is the first political dissident known to have died in prison in Iran in many years.

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