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Worldwide Rallies Condemn Iran’s Treatment of Opposition Protesters

HeadlineJul 27, 2009

Protests were held in over eighty cities Saturday calling on the Iranian government to release all opposition activists arrested after last month’s disputed presidential election.

Protestor: “The goal today is to ask from the United Nations to send a delegation in Iran and investigate the crimes and the violations of human rights that took place in Iran in the protests after the vote of the 12th of June.”

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