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Events | 2009.08.02

Rival sides criticize Iran's opposition trial (AP)

In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency, former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi, second from right, is seen with other defendants sit at a court room in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009. Opposition political activists and protesters stood trial in Tehran Saturday on charges of rioting and conspiring against the ruling system in the country\'s first trial following the disputed presidential election, Iran\'s state media reported. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hossein Salehi Ara) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT AP - A conservative who ran in Iran\'s disputed election and a former president allied with the opposition criticized the government\'s prosecution of opposition supporters, saying those who killed protesters must be brought to justice.


 

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