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Iran students hold anti-government
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Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:17pm 1ST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Students demonstrated at Tehran University against
the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, a
reformist website reported, more than three months after Iran's disputed
presidential election.
The Norooz website said about 1,000 demonstrators carried placards in
green, the campaign color of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in the
June election, and called for detained students to be freed and the
government to resign.
There were also around 50 members of a pro-government Islamic volunteer
militia, Bash, at the scene, shouting slogans against Mousavi, Norooz said.
It was not immediately possible to independently confirm the report, which
came 10 days after security forces clashed with Mousavi supporters and
arrested at least 10 of them during annual anti-Israel rallies in Tehran.
The September 18 clashes in Tehran were the latest sign of continuing
discontent about the election, which the pro-reform opposition says was
rigged to secure Ahmadinejad's re-election.
The authorities deny charges of vote rigging.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards largely quelled the huge opposition protests
that erupted in the days after the vote, but pro-Mousavi supporters have
continued to stage sporadic rallies.
Some pro-reform websites say Mousavi supporters will gather again on
Tuesday to mark his birthday.
The election plunged Iran into its deepest internal crisis since the 1979
Islamic revolution and exposed deepening establishment rifts.
Thousands of people, including senior reformist figures, were detained after
the election. Most have since been freed, though more than 100 remain in
jail accused of orchestrating post-election street unrest.
The opposition say more than 70 people died during the unrest, more than
double the official estimate.
(Editing by Diana Abdallah)
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