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In Iran, Election Protests Continue

from National Public Radio
June 17, 2009

In Iran Wednesday, thousands of people marched in protest of last weekend's election results. The ongoing support for reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is the most dramatic political uprising in Iran since 1979. The Iranian government is trying to block media coverage of the protests. Newsweek's Middle East correspondent Babak Dehghanpisheh offers his insight.

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  • All Things Considered, June 17, 2009
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