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Iranians Protest Election Results In Chicago (VIDEO)

Huffington Post   First Posted: 7/17/09 Updated: 5/25/11

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In this frame grab taken from amateur video, supporters of Iranian reformist opposition leader Mir Hossien Mousavi demonstrate in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday June 16, 2009. Thousands of protesters rallied in Tehran in support of Mousavi, according to witnesses and video footage. (AP Photo/APTN, Amateur Video)

After some difficulty obtaining protest permits from the city, members of Chicago's Iranian community finally got the official go-ahead and held a protest against the result's of the country's presidential election outside Federal Plaza Tuesday.


Windy Citizen has an excellent live blog of the demonstration and Chicago Public Radio interviewed some protesters.

Watch a report from the scene:



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After some difficulty obtaining protest permits from the city, members of Chicago's Iranian community finally got the official go-ahead and held a protest against the result's of the country's preside...
After some difficulty obtaining protest permits from the city, members of Chicago's Iranian community finally got the official go-ahead and held a protest against the result's of the country's preside...

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