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Iran detains scores of students, rights group says
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran has detained scores of students in an apparent bid to prevent new opposition protests during annual Student Day events next month, a Western-based human rights group said.
People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:2009 Iran Election Source:(Reuters)
2009-11-25
Iranian street protests hit big screen in Venice
VENICE (Reuters) - Twenty one-year-old Iranian director Hana Makhmalbaf brings the bloody street protests that followed June's presidential vote to the big screen in a film looking at the hopes and frustrations of the country's youth.
People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:2009 Venice Film Festival 2009 Iran Election Source:(Reuters)
2009-09-11
Venice film festival gives voice to Iranian opposition
VENICE, Italy (AFP) - The Venice film festival is providing a timely forum for Iranian works such as Shirin Neshat's "Women Without Men" amid crackdowns on opposition groups disputing the June elections in their country.
Nations:Iran Activities:2009 Venice Film Festival 2009 Iran Election Source:(AFP)
2009-09-11
Iran defies condemnation, expands opposition trial
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran expanded a mass trial of opposition supporters on Sunday with the addition of 25 defendants -- including a Jewish teenager -- in defiance of international condemnation, as France said Iran agreed to release a French woman held on spying charges from prison.
People:Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:2009 Iran Election Source:(AP)
2009-08-16
Iran to put 25 more vote protesters on trial
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran will put on trial 25 more people arrested after the disputed result of the June presidential election, as fresh claims surfaced on Saturday that several protesters in jail were tortured to death.
Nations:France People:Nicolas Sarkozy Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:2009 Iran Election Source:(AFP)
2009-08-15
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