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Iran: Two journalists stabbed by Islamic extremists | |
2007-11-09 | |
(AKI) – Two Iranian journalists, known for their criticism of the government and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been stabbed in the past 24 hours. Reza Avaspour, head of the sports weekly, Varzesh (Sport), was stabbed Wednesday evening in Kerman, in western Iran, while leaving the office. Avazpour was in surgery for four hours and risked losing a leg because of the wounds inflicted by two unknown assailants armed with knives.
A few hours later, in Karaj, north of the capital, Abaselat Abed, the editor of the daily newspaper, Mardomsalari (Democrazia) was stabbed. The attackers took the journalist's file and his camera. Meanwhile, Ali Nikunesbati, official spokesman of Iran's most important student organisation, Daftar Tahkim Vahdat (Office for the Consolidation of Unity), was arrested this morning. According to his father, the police arrived at Ali's house and took his computer and two boxes of documents and publications. Nikunesbati who was arrested previously last July, was released at the end of August. With his arrest, there are now ten activists from the student movement detained in Evin prison. | |
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Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-11-09 11:50 |
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Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-11-09 09:50 |
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Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-11-09 01:46 |