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1,500 Reportedly Arrested in Iran

HeadlineDec 30, 2009

Opposition websites in Iran now report over 1,500 people have been arrested following Sunday’s mass street protests. The arrested include several prominent opposition leaders. Opposition websites are also reporting that thirty-seven people were killed on Sunday during the police crackdown. The Iranian government has put the death toll at eight. Meanwhile, a representative of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on state television Tuesday that opposition leaders were “enemies of God” who should be executed. Iran’s public prosecutor told a closed session of parliament that opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi “are on the wanted list.” Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, called the anti-government protests “a theater play by the Zionists and the Americans.”

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