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16th June 2003, 12:30 PM
Iran's leader urged to accept he is not God's envoy
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The move follows a week of protests and riots in Tehran in which pro-democracy demonstrators clashed with police and vigilantes who support the hardline clerical regime. The protests witnessed unprecedented condemnation of Khamenei, including calls for his death, in a land where criticism of the supreme leader is punishable by imprisonment.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1052251854056&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037
and:
The latest demonstrations were again concentrated around Tehran university's main campus.
Protesters converged on the area in cars, as they have been doing since the gathering of a few hundred students on Tuesday night grew into nightly protests by thousands of people.
Hardline Islamic vigilantes, some carrying assault rifles and wearing bullet-proof vests, patrolled streets near the campus.
Gunshots were heard near the university late on Sunday but there are no reports of any casualties.
The vigilantes, loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have attacked demonstrators with clubs, knives and chains on previous nights.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2992628.stm
Hard to imagine the guts it takes to take a stand in a country without freedom of speech or seperation of church and state.
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The move follows a week of protests and riots in Tehran in which pro-democracy demonstrators clashed with police and vigilantes who support the hardline clerical regime. The protests witnessed unprecedented condemnation of Khamenei, including calls for his death, in a land where criticism of the supreme leader is punishable by imprisonment.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1052251854056&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037
and:
The latest demonstrations were again concentrated around Tehran university's main campus.
Protesters converged on the area in cars, as they have been doing since the gathering of a few hundred students on Tuesday night grew into nightly protests by thousands of people.
Hardline Islamic vigilantes, some carrying assault rifles and wearing bullet-proof vests, patrolled streets near the campus.
Gunshots were heard near the university late on Sunday but there are no reports of any casualties.
The vigilantes, loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have attacked demonstrators with clubs, knives and chains on previous nights.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2992628.stm
Hard to imagine the guts it takes to take a stand in a country without freedom of speech or seperation of church and state.