Tehran Protests

Iran: More Than 200 Arrested In Student Protests

AP | NASSER KARIMI and LEE KEATH | Posted 12.08.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a sec...

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Poetry Of The Revolution

John Lundberg | Posted 07.29.2009 | Living

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John Lundberg

One of the most powerful videos to come out of the turmoil in Iran is of a woman reciting a poem from the rooftops of Tehran at night. Recorded on the eve of the first wave of violent crackdowns against protesters, the poem gives voice to the inner turmoil of a people coping with a sudden and potentially violent revolution and struggling with a new conception of their homeland.

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