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Blood in the Streets of Tehran

Blood in the Streets of Tehran

One protester has been shot dead and several -- including this man -- were wounded during a rally in Tehran staged by hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. When Ahmadinejad announced his landslide victory in the hotly contested election over the weekend, opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi charged that the election results had been "manipulated" and that it amounted to "treason" on the part of the incumbent. Shortly after, anti-government protesters filled the streets.

Photo: -/AFP/Getty Images

Jun 15, 2009
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