Police beat mourners in new wave of unrest in Iran (AP)

Posted under World on Thursday, July 30th, 2009 at 4:29 pm | Comments are off for this article

This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the Associated Press outside Iran shows protestors chanting slogans at an opposition rally at the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery, just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Iranian police fired tear gas and beat anti-government protesters with batons to disperse thousands at a graveside memorial Thursday for victims of post-election violence, witnesses and state television said. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENTAP – Iranian police fired tear gas and beat protesters to disperse thousands chanting “Neda lives!” Thursday at a memorial for victims of post-election violence held at the gravesite of the woman whose death made her an icon of the pro-reform movement, witnesses said.


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