79-year-old Iranian opposition leader is hospitalized after beginning hunger strike
One of Iran’s leading opposition politicians was hospitalized Thursday, hours after beginning a hunger strike to protest his prolonged house arrest. Mehdi Karroubi, a 79-year-old who suffers from heart disease and was recently outfitted with a pacemaker, had stopped eating in a bid to force authorities to remove intelligence agents and security cameras posted in his home, and to set a date for him to stand trial, his son said./ Karroubi was taken to Shahid Rajaie Hospital in northern Tehran early Thursday due to high blood pressure but was ...
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