Mourners honor victims of Iranian election violence
Mourners paid respect Thursday to victims of a government crackdown in Iran following last year's disputed presidential elections, as security forces kept a close watch. It was the last Thursday before the start of the Persian new year, a day on which Iranians traditionally visit the grave sites of loved ones. At the Beheshteh Zara cemetery in southern Tehran, the mourners included several who paid respects to Neda Soltan, a 26-year-old woman whose death last year became emblematic of a harsh government response to protests that followed ...
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