Student Leader Released After 9-Week Detention
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Iran released a student leader who had been detained nine weeks after massive demonstrations in June. Saeed Razavi Faqih walked out of Evin prison in Tehran, friend Saeed Shariati said. Shariati is a senior member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, the country’s largest reformist party.
The June demonstrations began with students objecting to plans to privatize universities, entailing a substantial increase in fees. The demonstrations quickly snowballed into displays of opposition to the hard-line clerical establishment.
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