Saturday, November 23, 2002

POLITICAL PRISONERS MUST BE FREED!
TEHRAN -- Dozens of people were arrested and several hurt in clashes in three Iranian cities Friday when the anniversary of a dissident's slaying added impetus to the largest pro-reform protests in three years.
In Tehran, at least a dozen people, some of them local journalists, were arrested and several were punched and kicked by hard-line Islamic militiamen after about 5,000 people started chanting, "Political prisoners must be freed!" witnesses said. Los Angeles Times...

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