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Events | 2009.12.08

Iran: More than 200 arrested in student protests (AP)

This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows an anti-government Iranian female student wearing a green scarf, the symbolic color of opposition, as she covers her face, during a protest, at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. The potential for violence inside the campuses was high. Some 2,000 Basiji students were brought into Tehran University early Monday — ostensibly to hold a celebration for the Shiite holiday, but such hard-line students are often used to crush pro-reform rallies on campus. Pro-reform campus groups called for students across the country to turn out Monday for massive rallies at universities against Iran\'s clerical leadership — the first major protest in more than a month. (AP Photo) 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 - Iran threatened tougher action against protesters Tuesday after more than 200 were arrested during marches by tens of thousands at universities across the country, the biggest anti-government rallies in months.


 

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