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Students Cry Death to the Dictator as Iranian Leader Speaks
 The NYT take...TEHRAN, Dec. 11 Students disrupted a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday at a major university in Tehran, setting fire to photographs of him and throwing firecrackers. The protesters chanted death to the dictator and demanded the resignation of Alireza Rahai, a conservative and the chancellor of the institution, Amirkabir University, the Iranian Student News Agency reported. Mr. Rahai was appointed to the post after Mr. Ahmadinejad was elected. Amirkabir, a polytechnic university in downtown Tehran, has been a center of student dissent. Posted by: .com 2006-12-12 |
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