Iranian Opposition Activist Dies After Father's Funeral

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Iranian Opposition Activist Dies After Father's Funeral

Iranian dissident Ezatollah Sahabi (left) and his daughter, Haleh Sahabi, herself an opposition activist who died today following the funeral of her father./ An Iranian opposition activist has died following the funeral of her father, himself a veteran Iranian dissident. Ezatollah Sahabi, a former member of parliament who was forced into opposition by Iran's ruling clergy in the 1980s, died of a stroke in a Tehran hospital overnight at the age of 81./ His daughter, Haleh Sahabi, 54, herself an opposition activist and women rights ...

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June 1, 2011

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