Over 140 jailed in Iran turmoil: reports
Iran has jailed more than 140 political activists, journalists and university lecturers since the disputed election which returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power, reports said Thursday. A list published by a local newspaper carried the names of 71 prominent reformist leaders, journalists and campaign workers of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has dismissed the election as a “shameful fraud.” Mousavi’s website said another 70 academics and members of Islamic
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